urbiculturen.
/ˈəːbᵻˌkʌltʃə/, U.S. /ˈərbəˌkəltʃər/ rare.
The development of towns and cities and urban life; the pursuit or cultivation of urban interests. Also: the influence of urban culture on the rural environment (cf. rurbanization n.).
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > urban character or life > development of
urbiculture1888
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town and country > [noun] > interacting properties of
rurbanism1915
rurbanization1927
urbiculture1959
1888 Harper's Mag. June 43/1 The urbiculture—the cities mentioned and many others—indicates that this wide valley must have a prominent place in the progress of civilization.
1954 Daily Progress (Charlottesville, Va.) 26 July 16/1 A bill introduced by Rep. J. Arthur Younger..to create a U.S. Department of Urbiculture.
1959 Economist 30 May 850/1 Millions of city dwellers have swarmed into the countryside to set a new and increasingly widespread pattern of life which is sometimes called ‘rurbanisation’, sometimes ‘urbiculture’.
1991 VisàVis May 54/1 I decided to follow the people escaping urbiculture to Whidbey for the weekend.
Derivatives
ˌurbiˈculturist n.
ΘΚΠ
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > [noun] > urban character or life > development of > person
urbiculturist1977
1977 Sat. Rev. (U.S.) 23 July 48/1 The urbiculturists—give a multimillion-dollar skyscraping enclave or two—move now not to knock down and build anew, but to make over or, to use today's mot juste, to recycle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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