urbanism

noun

ur·​ban·​ism ˈər-bə-ˌni-zəm How to pronounce urbanism (audio)
1
: the characteristic way of life of city dwellers
2
a
: the study of the physical needs of urban societies
3

Examples of urbanism in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Up close, a visitor can hear the individual 5-minute videos by dozens of speakers, including radical ecologist Timothy Morton and Pulitzer Prize-winning architect Kazuyo Sejima on topics ranging from migration to urbanism to air quality. Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023 The pandemic and climate change put us solidly in a new era of American urbanism, one that demands big plans to solve big problems. Benjamin Schneider, Los Angeles Times, 13 Nov. 2023 There are signs that a new awareness of Lincoln Center’s history and its place in New York urbanism will filter into the regular season. Curbed, 20 Apr. 2022 But now Smith, 72, has embraced new urbanism, an urban design movement oriented around walkable pathways, housing and retail in close proximity, and accessible public spaces. Myah Taylor, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023 The purpose is to promote biodiversity, re-establish native plants and disrupt urbanism. Paige Ney, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Aug. 2023 Information on how Indus Valley civilizations diversified crops: Article: Seeds of urbanism: palaeoethnobotany and the Indus Civilization. Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023 Despite the large and sophisticated populations that once thrived here, lasting evidence of urbanism has proven difficult to find in the remote and thickly forested Amazon. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2022 Mays’ passion for urbanism led her to work with governments up and down the east coast, including Washington, D.C., Spartanburg, S.C., Guilford County, N.C., and Atlanta. Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 3 Feb. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of urbanism was in 1884

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“Urbanism.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urbanism. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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