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/ˌərbənəzˈeɪʃən/ /ˌərbənɪzˈeɪʃən/ Listen

Urbanization

noun

The condition of being urbanized. Synonym: urbanisation.

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

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