noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   the process of making rural. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas uncountable, usually
3. 3
   the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities uncountable, usually
4. 4
   the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing uncountable, usually

Antonyms

All antonyms

deruralizationurbanization

Etymology

From rural + -ization.

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