megalopolitan

American  

[meg-uh-loh-pol-i-tn] / ˌmɛg ə loʊˈpɒl ɪ tn /

Also megapolitan

adjective

1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a megalopolis.

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noun

1. an inhabitant of a megalopolis.

Other Word Forms

• megalopolitanism noun

Etymology

Origin of megalopolitan

1925–35; from megalopolis, modeled after metropolis: metropolitan

Example Sentences

In October of 2020, when the megalopolitan started to re-open, some dabbawalas returned to work.

From Salon

This “influential and controversial” group, reported the writer, “develop mutant forms of urbanism … which accept the megalopolitan condition with enthusiasm.”

From The Guardian

Flynne’s rural milieu is an America that hasn’t received much attention from science fiction writers, whose settings have tended towards the megalopolitan.

From Washington Post

In the atrium of the fictional Megalopolitan Building at 700-853 Fleet Street there is a “chryselephantine effigy of Lord Copper,” The Beast’s proprietor, “in coronation robes, rising above the throng, on a polygonal malachite pedestal.”

From New York Times

Istanbul, like Cairo, suffers from megalopolitan overpopulation.

From Newsweek