Meanings
nounruralization (usually uncountable, plural ruralizations)
plural ruralizations · alternative ruralisation
- uncountableusuallythe process of making rural.
- uncountableusuallythe change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- uncountableusuallythe process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
- uncountableusuallythe proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Finnish maalaiseksi tekeminen, maalaismaiseksi tekeminen
- maalaiseksi tekeminenprocess of making rural
- maalaismaiseksi tekeminenprocess of making rural
- maaseutuistuminenchange in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- maaseutuistuminenprocess of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
German Ruralisierung, Ruralisierung
- Ruralisierungprocess of making rural
- Ruralisierungchange in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- Verdorfungchange in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- Ruralisierungprocess of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
- Verdorfungprocess of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
Polish ruralizacja, ruralizacja
- ruralizacjaprocess of making rural
- ruralizacjachange in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
- ruralizacjaprocess of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
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APA
ruralization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruralization
MLA
“ruralization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruralization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ruralization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ruralization.
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