rural

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rural is the comprehensive, nonspecific word referring to life on the farm or in the country as distinguished from life in the city rural schools; rustic stresses the contrast between the supposed crudeness and unsophistication of the country and the supposed polish and refinement of the city rustic humor; pastoral, often used in literary contexts, suggests a highly idealized primitive simplicity of rural life, originally among shepherds; in contrast, bucolic, also a literary term, suggests a down-to-earth rustic simplicity or artlessness her bucolic suitor