metropolitanization
/mɛtrəˌpɒlɪtənʌɪˈzeɪʃn/(also metropolitanisation)
noun
The process of giving a metropolitan character to a person or area.
Origin
1930s. From metropolitanize + -ation.
- Aquitaine, Eleanor of
- self-cancelling
- self-catering
- self-censorship
- self-centred
- self-centredly
- self-centredness
- self-certificate
- self-certification
- self-certify
- self-checkout
- self-cleaning
- self-closing
- self-cocking
- self-colour
- self-coloured
- self-command
- self-compatible
- self-conceit
- self-conceited
- self-concept
- self-condemnation
- self-condemned
- self-condemning
- self-confessed