Ruralization
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ruralization is a noun meaning the process of making rural.
Meaning
the process of making rural.
More Meanings
- the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
- the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
Word Forms
- ruralizations
- ruralisation
Antonyms for ruralization
Common opposites include urbanization.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include rurbanization, agriculturalization, suburbanization, reurbanization, provincialization, routinization.
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