ruralization

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Etymology

rural + -ization

Noun

ruralization (usually uncountable, plural ruralizations)

  1. the process of making rural.
  2. the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
  3. the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
  4. 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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