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

Public shows of cosmopolitanism can only go so far, as Livraria Lello itself demonstrates.

— Sophia Nguyen, The Atlantic, 18 July 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

How did a society just getting to grips with the alphabet produce works of such sophistication?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
Many can only be visited with a guide, who’ll bring the paintings to life by explaining their symbolism and the remarkable sophistication of the people who created them.

— Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 July 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

Tech use was at the heart of most public comments made before the district’s first board of education meeting of the school year Monday evening.

— Julianna Mejia July 23, Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026
The education minister, Dharmendra Pradhan, is also yet to publicly comment on Monday’s protests.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 22 July 2026

Definition of education

Noun

The acclaimed author of The Invention of Nature, Andrea Wulf brings erudition and flair to Forster’s peripatetic career as teenaged crewman on Captain Cook’s global voyage.

— Hamilton Cain, Time, 7 July 2026
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

Definition of erudition

Noun

What’s more, some creators already build pathways toward peer connection, mutual aid, learning, advocacy, and shared purpose.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
James and her team say there’s no excuse for not finding students with the learning disability and giving them a diagnosis.

— Samuel O’Neal July 22, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 July 2026

Definition of learning

Noun

In fact, the Wall Street Journal even links to a news literacy learning site, and The New York Times has an extensive Ethical Journalism guide with lots of detail.

— Rey Ramsey, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
Ackman has tried to do his part for financial literacy, posting a YouTube video that promises to relate the essentials of finance and investing in under an hour.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 20 July 2026

Definition of literacy

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