suburbanize

[suh-bur-buh-nahyz]

verb (used with object), sub·ur·ban·ized, sub·ur·ban·iz·ing.

to give suburban characteristics to: to suburbanize a rural area.

Also especially British, sub·ur·ban·ise.

Origin of suburbanize

First recorded in 1890–95; suburban + -ize

Related formssub·ur·ban·i·za·tion, noun

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Historical Examples of suburbanization

Thus the process of urbanization has been modified by one of suburbanization.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 7
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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 Interior

British Dictionary definitions for suburbanization

suburbanize

suburbanise

verb

(tr) to make suburban

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Word Origin and History for suburbanization

1926, noun of action from suburbanize.

suburbanize

1893, from suburban + -ize. Related: Suburbanized; suburbanizing.

suburbanization in Culture

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.