Urbanicity
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The quality or fact of (an area) being urban. uncountable, usually
"The risk of psychotic disorder in the population exposed to urbanicity alone was 1.59% (31/1946), the risk in those exposed to family history, broadly defined, alone was 3.01% ... Thus, between 60% and 70% of the individuals exposed to both urbanicity and family history had developed psychotic disorder because of the synergistic action of the two proxy causes."
- 2 The degree to which a given geographical area is urban. uncountable, usually
"To assess this hypothesis, the urbanicity of a boy's place of residence was run against enlistment."
Example
More examples"The risk of psychotic disorder in the population exposed to urbanicity alone was 1.59% (31/1946), the risk in those exposed to family history, broadly defined, alone was 3.01% ... Thus, between 60% and 70% of the individuals exposed to both urbanicity and family history had developed psychotic disorder because of the synergistic action of the two proxy causes."
Etymology
From urban + -icity.
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