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

Word History

First Known Use

1888, in the meaning defined above