urbanization
[ ur-buh-nuh-zey-shuhn ]
/ ˌɜr bə nəˈzeɪ ʃən /
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noun
the act or fact of urbanizing, or taking on the characteristics of a city: Urbanization has led to more air pollution and increasing childhood asthma.
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Also especially British, ur·ban·i·sa·tion .
Origin of urbanization
OTHER WORDS FROM urbanization
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Example sentences from the Web for urbanization
The result was an increasing urbanisation, and a new population of free 'resident aliens.'
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph IngeNow urbanisation is going on even more rapidly in Germany than in England.
Outspoken Essays|William Ralph Inge
Cultural definitions for urbanization
urbanization
The process by which cities grow or by which societies become more urban.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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