Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ruralization

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ru-ral-iza-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

the process of making rural.

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noun

the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas

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noun

the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities

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noun

the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing

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Etymology

From rural + -ization.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: rural

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

ruralizations (plural) ruralisation (alternative)

Derived Forms

deruralization

Antonyms

urbanization

Questions

What does ruralization mean?: the process of making rural.
Where does ruralization come from?: From rural + -ization.

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