urbanization

Variant of urbanize

urbanize definition

ur·ban·ize (ʉr′bə nīz′)

transitive verb urbanized -·ized′, urbanizing -·iz′·ing

  1. to change from rural to urban in character; make like or characteristic of a city
  2. Rare to make urbane

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