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urbanitis en · NOUN

Etymology

From urban + -itis.

Meanings

  1. (humorous, sometimes, uncountable) A notional disease associated with urban living or habits.
    • The greatest hindrance to the development of a rural patriotism is that very prevalent and quite contagious disease, urbanitis. 1916, Ernest Irving Antrim, Fifty million strong: or, Our rural reserve:
    • There are those who return time and time again to sample the rich wilderness offerings of this granite-ribbed island in the sky. And nothing will cure an aggravated case of urbanitis quicker or more thoroughly than a weekend dose of the San Jacintos. 2006, John Robinson, David Money Harris, San Bernardino Mountain Trails: 100 Hikes in Southern California, page 147: