noun ·5 syllables ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The process of the formation and growth of cities. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban wordnet
3. 3
   The change in a country or region when its population migrates from rural to urban areas. countable, uncountable
4. 4
   the condition of being urbanized wordnet
5. 5
   The proportion of a region's population that live in towns and cities; the rate at which this proportion is growing. countable, uncountable

Synonyms

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citificationcitificationurbanisation

Antonyms

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ruralization

Example

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"Urbanization is encroaching on rural life."

Etymology

From urbanize + -ation.

Related phrases

peri-urbanization

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