urbanism en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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
- (countable, uncountable) The study of cities, their geographic, economic, political, social, and cultural environment.
- (countable, uncountable) The culture or way of life of people who live in cities.
- (countable, uncountable) Urbanization.
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(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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| urbanisms | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
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Deriveds
zombie urbanism · hyperurbanism · chronourbanism · market urbanism · tactical urbanism · New Urbanism
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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)