anti-urban

adjective

an·ti-ur·ban | \ ˌan-tē-ˈər-bən

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, ˌan-tī-\

variants: or less commonly antiurban

Definition of anti-urban

: opposed to or hostile toward cities in general anti-urban bias/sentiment The violent hostility of Renamo toward such symbols of modernity as schools, hospitals, and machinery feeds the idea that the movement is traditionalist, or simply anti-urban.— William Finnegan

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