URBANITY Synonyms: 44 Similar and Opposite Words

urbanity

noun

Definition of urbanity

as in cosmopolitanism

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Recent Examples of urbanity 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 His music is, in the best sense, grown-up, proof that a gifted songwriter can tackle the headiest, heaviest topics, compressing a novel’s worth of ideas, intelligence, irony, urbanity, humor and ambivalence into four minutes. — New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026 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 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 See All Example Sentences for urbanity

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Noun

Religiosity and nationalism have fused, displacing cosmopolitanism.

— Adam Louis-Klein, The Atlantic, 18 June 2026
One of Singapore’s most attractive qualities is its cosmopolitanism, its openness to the world; Raffles embodies that spirit.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Mar. 2026

Definition of cosmopolitanism

Noun

The backstory Hotel Swexan is the first hotel for the Harwood Hospitality group and is an obvious collaboration between the sophistication of a European hotel and the classic charms of Texas.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 July 2026
The sophistication of the bomb used indicates that more than one perpetrator was involved, prosecutors said, adding that two men were arrested in Monaco before being released due to lack of evidence.

— Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 3 July 2026

Definition of sophistication

Noun

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
The mix of academic-level intellectualism and gross-out outrageousness fits the mood Riley wants to conjure.

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of intellectualism

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The Halftime Show will support the FIFA Global Citizen Fund, set to raise $100 million to expand access to education and football for youth worldwide.

— Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
Shaun Harper, a USC education professor, warned that restoring the tests would hand the White House a fresh weapon to portray UC as illegally practicing affirmative action.

— Jaweed Kaleem, Los Angeles Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of education

Noun

In sixteenth-century Italian pedante comedies, the Latin tutors—always the butt of the joke—are known more for the gaps in their knowledge than for their erudition.

— Clare Bucknell, The New York Review of Books, 25 Apr. 2026
In her coda, Woo writes with great compassion and erudition about what can’t be found in archives, particularly the specifics of how Ellen Craft died.

— Nicholas Boggs, The Atlantic, 22 Apr. 2026

Definition of erudition

Noun

The saints’ books, rich vestments and formal poses were visible signs of holiness, symbolizing their learning, discipline and eloquence.

— Denva Gallant, The Conversation, 8 July 2026
The future of education may be less about reinventing learning and more about scaling what already works.

— Lisa Schade, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Definition of learning

Noun

Orton-Gillingham methods and other structured literacy approaches have transformed literacy instruction for students with dyslexia.

— Lisa Schade, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Reading rates might fluctuate, but optimists argue that the long arc of history points toward universal literacy.

— Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 8 July 2026

Definition of literacy

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