suburbanize
[suh-bur-buh-nahyz]
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verb (used with object), sub·ur·ban·ized, sub·ur·ban·iz·ing.
to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.
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Nearby words
- subunit vaccine,
- suburb,
- suburban,
- suburbanite,
- suburbanization,
- suburbia,
- suburbicarian,
- subvaginal,
- subvene,
- subvention
Also especially British, sub·ur·ban·ise.
Origin of suburbanize
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Suburbanization itself is based in social forces, and this is not a sociological report.
The Nation's River|United States Department of the InteriorThus the process of urbanization has been modified by one of suburbanization.
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suburbanization
[(suh-bur-buh-nuh-zay-shuhn)]
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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