URBANISATION
Dictionary entry overview: What does urbanisation mean? • URBANISATION (noun)
The noun URBANISATION has 2 senses:
1. the condition of being urbanized
2. the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
Familiarity information: URBANISATION used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• URBANISATION (noun)
Meaning:
The condition of being urbanized
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Synonyms:
urbanisation; urbanization
Hypernyms ("urbanisation" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Meaning:
The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
urbanisation; urbanization
Hypernyms ("urbanisation" is a kind of...):
social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)
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