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suburbanism

  • a word derived from suburban.
    suburban
    adjective
    pertaining to, inhabiting, or being in a suburb or the suburbs of a city or town.

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Rural pride abuts an expanding and inescapable suburbanism.

From Washington Post Jul. 29, 2022

Ms. Carey’s idea of ho-hum suburbanism and vicious glamour are a riot.

From New York Times Dec. 22, 2015

To students of urban form, these outcomes are not that surprising because 10 to 20 units per acre is the density at which drivable suburbanism transitions into walkable urbanism.

From Salon Nov. 3, 2012

What I felt," he said, "was the suburbanism of everything.

From America To-day, Observations and Reflections by Archer, William

The most usual excuse of suburbanism is that it is a good thing for the wife and family of a business man, though it is a bad thing for him.

From The Quest of the Simple Life by Dawson, William J.