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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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Inflected Forms

noun

Etymology

Origin of rurality

First recorded in 1720–30; rural + -ity

Example Sentences

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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

What passed between the two women on that occasion must have been noteworthy, but it was sunk forever under Sarah's unfathomable rurality.

From A Woman of Genius by Austin, Mary Hunter

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