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Urbanization   /ˌərbənəzˈeɪʃən/  /ˌərbənɪzˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Urbanization

noun
1.
The condition of being urbanized.  Synonym: urbanisation.
2.
The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban.  Synonym: urbanisation.






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... significance of mere numbers in warfare which is the clear and necessary consequence of mechanical advance. To a large extent, I believe, the Western Slavs will follow the Prussians and Lithuanians, and be incorporated in the urbanization of Western Europe, and the remoter portions of Russia seem destined to become—are indeed becoming—Abyss, a wretched and disorderly Abyss that will not even be formidable to the armed and disciplined peoples of the new civilization, the last quarter of ...
— Anticipations - Of the Reaction of Mechanical and Scientific Progress upon - Human life and Thought • Herbert George Wells



Words linked to "Urbanization" :   urbanisation, urbanize, status, condition, social process



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