URBANITY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

urbanity

noun

Definition of urbanity

as in cosmopolitanism

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Recent Examples of urbanity And with many of us wound up in concrete urbanity, the livestreams offer instant transportation to the wild. — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Mar. 2026 Advertisement Mamdani’s vision of an equitable, affordable urbanity emerges as a challenge to this long history of abandonment and exclusion. — Fahad Zuberi, Time, 5 Nov. 2025 In Otsuki’s collection, elements of the Japanese salaryman mixed with the urbanity of Gere’s Julian Kay create a compelling blend of references that ultimately play to each designer’s strength. — Brett F. Braley-Palko, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 Their company, Southland Stories, is designed to bring to the screen the life and culture of the American South, which has been overshadowed by urbanity in pop culture, in Charlamagne’s view. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 25 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for urbanity

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Noun

Colorful glass lamps from Turkey These were purchased at the Grand Bazaar in Istanbul—a city Field has visited numerous times and enjoys for its cosmopolitanism—while scouting for Sex and the City II.

— Erin Florio, Condé Nast Traveler, 24 Aug. 2026
America’s relative openness to immigrants looked like decadence; cosmopolitanism and internationalism were objects of contempt.

— Ian Buruma, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of cosmopolitanism

Noun

Steps To Take To Professionalize Your Business Basically, professionalizing a business is simply creating or implementing systems that can support the size and sophistication of the operation.

— Nellie Akalp, Forbes.com, 1 Oct. 2026
The announcement came as Defense Secretary Wes Streeting warned that threats to British space infrastructure were growing in scale, speed, and sophistication.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of sophistication

Noun

These critiques were amplified by Black content creators and the general social media audience, who took issue with the genre’s Eurocentric portrayal of knowledge and intellectualism.

— Sophia Zhang, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 July 2026
Fans of trivia like to say that caring so deeply about these facts at a time of disinformation and anti-intellectualism is an act of defiance—that picking up trivia is a way to keep knowledge from being disappeared.

— Drew Goins, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026

Definition of intellectualism

Noun

The seven Chi Phi members in question were suspended, expelled, or faced other consequences, such as writing an essay, but most were allowed to continue their education at the university following a monthslong Title IX investigation.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 1 Oct. 2026
Economic education is not reserved for a certain kind of student.

— Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of education

Noun

That kind of cynicism is cheap and facile and masquerades as intelligence and erudition.

— Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Longworth’s deep research, erudition, and spectacularly precise elocution have made the now-indie podcast essential storytelling for cinephiles.

— Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 23 July 2026

Definition of erudition

Noun

Neil Fuentes, a founder of the New Haven Academy of Performing Arts and the artistic director of Broadway on Main, brings an uncommon gentility and hearty spirit to the character of Murray the Cop.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 16 Sep. 2026
There’s a certain kind of gentility and politeness, and then on the flip side, dark humor and grotesquerie.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of gentility

Noun

There is a link between the amount of time children spend on screens and their development, a new study shows, with poorer outcomes seen in learning, speech and emotional regulation among those who spend longer on them.

— Jack Guy, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Studies in one review tested activities lasting from a single learning session to about four months of practice.

— Antonio Perez-Nunez, The Conversation, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of learning

Noun

Three priorities for business leaders First, leaders need to build climate-health literacy across the whole organization.

— Mitch New, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026
What readers are saying The conversation explores concerns about declining literacy and the impact of technology on reading habits.

— George F. Will, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of literacy

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