noun
Meaning 1
the process of making rural.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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ruralization
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noun
Meaning 2
the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 3
the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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noun
Meaning 4
the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
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History
Etymology
From rural + -ization.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: maalaiseksi tekeminen — process of making rural
- Finnish: maalaismaiseksi tekeminen — process of making rural
- German: Ruralisierung — process of making rural
- Polish: ruralizacja — process of making rural
- Finnish: maaseutuistuminen — change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- German: Ruralisierung — change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- German: Verdorfung — change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- Polish: ruralizacja — change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- Finnish: maaseutuistuminen — process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
- German: Ruralisierung — process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
- German: Verdorfung — process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
- Polish: ruralizacja — process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities