anti-urban
adjective
an·ti-ur·ban
ˌan-tē-ˈər-bən 
ˌan-tī-
variants
or less commonly antiurban
: 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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The conflation of demolition with progress is just one of the deeply ingrained anti-urban sentiments of contemporary American society.
—Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
Unemployment was high, schools were underfunded, and the political climate in the state was intensely anti-urban.
—Wendy S. Walters, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2023
Trump’s ramblings, like the bizarre spectacle of anti-urban protests in densely populated areas of Oxford and London, are the cartoonish, meme-brain side of a decades-long and well-funded campaign to bring actual transit and housing policies to a dead stop.
—Curbed, 9 Mar. 2023
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Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 15 Dec. 2024
Unemployment was high, schools were underfunded, and the political climate in the state was intensely anti-urban.
—Wendy S. Walters, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 July 2023
Trump’s ramblings, like the bizarre spectacle of anti-urban protests in densely populated areas of Oxford and London, are the cartoonish, meme-brain side of a decades-long and well-funded campaign to bring actual transit and housing policies to a dead stop.
—Curbed, 9 Mar. 2023
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“Anti-urban.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anti-urban. Accessed 25 Jul. 2025.
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