urbanism

American  

[ur-buh-niz-uhm] / ˈɜr bəˌnɪz əm /

noun

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

2. urbanization.

3. city planning.

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urbanism British  

/ ˈɜːbəˌnɪzəm /

noun

1. 1. the character of city life

   2. the study of this

2. 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

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

From Science Daily • Nov. 26, 2025

Reconstruction is likely to be a slow, painstaking process, one that Shelly Culbertson calls "incremental urbanism".

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2025

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 24, 2025

Dismissed as the nemesis of sustainable urbanism, L.A. can, in fact, be well-positioned for the next chapter.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 10, 2025

Feudalism co-existed and then supplanted urbanism and the big estates became so autonomous that they ignored the Byzantine court altogether.

From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel