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urbanism

American

[ur-buh-niz-uhm] / ˈɜr bəˌnɪz əm /

noun

the way of life of people who live in a large city.
urbanization.
city planning.

urbanism British

/ ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. the character of city life
2. the study of this
a less common term for urbanization See urbanization

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Etymology

Origin of urbanism

1885–90; urban + -ism, modeled on French urbanisme

Example Sentences

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"These factors promoted the coevolution of urbanism, systemic inequality and patron-client relationships in cities."

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Here is Calder’s own family tree, expressed in terms of monumental urbanism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

The team's work provides an "immense contribution to the study of medieval urbanism in Central Asia", he wrote in a commentary on Nature.

From BBC • Oct. 25, 2024

The pandemic and climate change put us solidly in a new era of American urbanism, one that demands big plans to solve big problems.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2023

Nobody could see at present that his urbanism sat upon him only as a garment.

From The Well-Beloved by Hardy, Thomas

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