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suburbia Definition

sub·ur·bia (sə bʉr′bē ə)

noun

the suburbs or suburbanites collectively: usually used to connote the values, attitudes, and activities regarded as characteristic of suburban life

suburbia Usage Examples

Converse of subject

  • surround: Ewell saw less change in recent centuries and, although now surrounded by suburbia, still retains much of its village character.

Converse of object

  • love: If Britain is to solve its housing crisis, we must learn to love suburbia.
  • call: He calls suburbia and the motorcar the ' greatest misallocation of resources in history ' .

Adjective modifier

  • leafy: The perception of teaching life in leafy suburbia will often provide an attractive alternative.
  • middle: But most of the areas which are now middle class suburbia remained very rural.
  • American: Everyone with a cynical view of American suburbia will enjoy this film.
  • English: Even so, their way of life is more communal than is typical of English suburbia.
  • modern: But the emergence of modern suburbia changed cities, shifting the focus from the civic to the domestic sphere.
  • dull: But when David Renwick decided to turn dull, uneventful suburbia on its head by making it hellishly chaotic, he created something fresh.

Preposition: in