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rurality

American  
[roo-ral-i-tee] / rʊˈræl ɪ ti /

noun

  • ruralities
    plural
  1. rural character.

  2. a rural characteristic, matter, or scene.


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Etymology

Origin of rurality

First recorded in 1720–30; rural + -ity

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They also adjusted for covariates that included pesticide density, social vulnerability, income level, rurality, cardiovascular disease hospitalization rates and the prevalence of chronic kidney disease.

From Science Daily Dec. 2, 2024

So often the Midwest functions as shorthand in fiction, a quick way to represent backwardness or innocence, ignorance or rurality.

From Salon Aug. 25, 2022

That lake was Lough Gill, in County Sligo, and it promised everything I needed: rurality, quiet, time.

From Washington Post Jul. 29, 2022

It is true, and it speaks to our rurality and the quality of life that we enjoy.

From Washington Times Jul. 24, 2020

Its chief merit," Darwin writes to a friend, "is its extreme rurality.

From Famous Men of Science by Sarah K. Bolton

And his staunch disciples are always full of these charming impracticable ruralities.

From History of American Socialisms by John Humphrey Noyes

But the ruralities of Virgil take a special interest from the period in which they were written.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 11, No. 68, June, 1863 by Various

James Smith used to tell, with great glee, a story showing the general conviction of his dislike to ruralities.

From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Mark Lemon

It is perhaps hard for those of us who are untravelled to appreciate how densely even the ruralities of Europe are overgrown with this ivy of associations.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 47, September, 1861 by Various

He used to tell, with great glee, a story showing the general conviction of his dislike to ruralities.

From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous

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