metropolitanismn.
/ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlᵻtənɪz(ə)m/, /ˌmɛtrəˈpɒlᵻtnɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlətnˌɪz(ə)m/, /ˌmɛtrəˈpɑlədəˌnɪz(ə)m/ Metropolitan spirit or ideas; metropolitan institutions.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > [noun] > chief town or capital city > spirit or ideas of
metropolitanism1855
1855 R. R. Madden Life C'tess Blessington II. 174 In the exuberance of his metropolitanism, he had a sort of reverential feeling even for the stones of London.
1861 J. S. Brewer Giraldi Cambrensis Opera I. Pref. The name Giraldus was bandied about from mouth to mouth, as the undoubted successor to the see of St. David's... The golden era of Metropolitanism had dawned on benighted..Cambria.
1883 Cent. Mag. 26 824 The architectural manifestations of metropolitanism.
1945 L. Mumford City Devel. 4 Even before 1922 I had left behind the notion that metropolitanism was a mark of progress.
1992 J. M. Bumsted Peoples of Canada vii. 232 Toronto and Montreal..controlled the world of art in Canada, and more than one regional artist railed unsuccessfully against the tyranny of metropolitanism.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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