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单词 urbanism
释义

urbanism

[ ur-buh-niz-uhm ]
/ ˈɜr bəˌnɪz əm /

noun

the way of life of people who live in a large city.
urbanization.
city planning.

Origin of urbanism

1885–90; urban + -ism, modeled on French urbanisme

Words nearby urbanism

urban guerrilla, urban homesteading, Urban I, Urban II, Urban III, urbanism, urbanist, urbanistic, urbanite, urbanity, Urban IV
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Example sentences from the Web for urbanism

  • Urbanism should be driven above all by what works best for the most people.

    City Leaders Are in Love With Density but Most City Dwellers Disagree|Joel Kotkin|September 16, 2013|DAILY BEAST
  • Nobody could see at present that his urbanism sat upon him only as a garment.

    The Well-Beloved|Thomas Hardy

British Dictionary definitions for urbanism

urbanism
/ (ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm) /

noun mainly US

  1. the character of city life
  2. the study of this
a less common term for urbanizationSee urbanization
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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