Urbex
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Urbex is a noun meaning The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures that are abandoned or off-limits; urban exploration.
Meaning
The exploration of man-made environments, especially urban structures that are abandoned or off-limits; urban exploration.
Example Sentences
For example, in Belgium, we have some great urbex (urban exploration) locations (old empty buildings) where you can go and shoot.
Simon didn't need reminding about the dangers of urbex, but Matt was on a roll.[…]It had been Matt's blog that had got Simon into urbex.
Ultimately, urbex remains a kind of cipher—occasionally, it catches media attention, and is grouped with other subcultures, like parkour, or even steampunk (Dawdy 2010), that are somehow "remixing" or renegotiating ways to relate to space, and how particular spaces are envisioned to exist within time.
Synonyms for urbex
Depending on context, synonyms include urbexing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include urbexing, technoburb, zoomburb, ego surfing, webumentary, exertainment.
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