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urbanism en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɜː(ɹ)bənɪzəm/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *werbʰ-der. Proto-Italic *worβis? Proto-Indo-European *gʰerdʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *gʰórdʰosder.? Latin urbs Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Proto-Italic *-ānos Latin -ānus Latin urbānusder. Middle French urbainbor. ▲ Latin urbānus ▲ Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English urban Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek -ισμός (-ismós)der. English -ism English urbanism From urban + -ism.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural environment.
  2. (countable, uncountable) The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.
  3. (countable, uncountable) Urbanization.
  4. (countable, uncountable) Urban planning.
    • Simultaneously there has been a growing disenchantment with the conventional face of urban design as it is practiced in the West, alongside demands for a new and emerging urbanism that is responsive to the everyday life of the city: […] 2008, Diego Ramirez-Lovering, Opportunistic Urbanism, RMIT Publishing, →ISBN, page 125:

Forms

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urbanisms Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

urbanology · urban studies

Deriveds

zombie urbanism · hyperurbanism · chronourbanism · market urbanism · tactical urbanism · New Urbanism

Relateds

urbanist

Synonyms

urbiculture

Translations (22)

ru урбани́зм (study of cities) · fr urbanisme (study of cities) · cy trefolaeth (study of cities) · it urbanistica (study of cities) · et urbanism (culture of people who live in cities) · pl urbanizm (culture of people who live in cities) · crh urbanizm (culture of people who live in cities) · ro urbanism (study of cities) · cy trefolrwydd (culture of people who live in cities) · fi kaupunkikulttuuri (culture of people who live in cities) · ru урбани́стика (study of cities) · ms urbanisme (culture of people who live in cities) · et urbanistika (study of cities) · ga uirbeachas (culture of people who live in cities) · fi kaupunkitutkimus (study of cities) · de Urbanistik (study of cities) · pl urbanistyka (study of cities) · de Stadtleben (culture of people who live in cities) · ro urbanistică (study of cities) · ms urbanisme (study of cities) · lb Urbanismus (study of cities) · fi kaupunkilaiskulttuuri (culture of people who live in cities)