urbanism

[ ur-buh-niz-uhm ]

noun

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

urbanism

/ ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm /

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of urbanism¹

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

Example Sentences

Jessica Furseth is a London-based journalist who writes about culture and urbanism.

From Eater

Vidigal and the other slums of Brazil—known as favelas—are testaments to years of government neglect and unchecked urbanism.

From The Daily Beast

Increasingly, cities long left to rot are rising from the ashes of blight as they try to become shining examples of new urbanism.

From The Daily Beast

The damage done to people by megacity urbanism is most pronounced in poorer countries.

From The Daily Beast

Urbanism should be driven above all by what works best for the most people.

From The Daily Beast

Around the world new cities are being built through this idea of quantitative urbanism.

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg