urbanitis

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

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noun

Humorous; Uncountable

"The greatest hindrance to the development of a rural patriotism is that very prevalent and quite contagious disease, urbanitis."
"There are those who return time and time again to sample the rich wilderness offerings of this granite-ribbed island in the sky. And nothing will cure an aggravated case of urbanitis quicker or more thoroughly than a weekend dose of the San Jacintos."

From urban + -itis.

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