suburbanization
[ (suh-bur-buh-nuh-zay-shuhn) ]
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The establishment of residential communities on the outskirts of a city. In the United States, many suburbs were created after World War II, during a period of tremendous growth in population and industry. Suburban dwellers typically work in the cities but raise their families in a less-congested, safer, and more relaxed atmosphere. Especially in the United States, suburbanization often is associated with the sprawl of population.
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Words nearby suburbanization
subunit, subunit vaccine, suburb, suburban, suburbanite, suburbanization, suburbanize, suburbia, suburbicarian, subvaginal, subvene
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Example sentences from the Web for suburbanization
Thus the process of urbanization has been modified by one of suburbanization.
Suburbanization itself is based in social forces, and this is not a sociological report.
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