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noun
Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: urbaneness
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Urbanness.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: rurality
noun
the quality or character of life in a city or town
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: rusticity
Broader terms: quality
noun
polished courtesy; elegance of manner
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: courtesy, good manners
History
From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).
Across languages
29 source translations are retained for this English entry.
