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antirural

antirural adjective: biased against rural areas or people.

Adjective

antirural (comparative more antirural, superlative most antirural)

  1. Biased against rural areas or people.
    • In New Jersey’s smallest municipalities, whose state aid has been slashed in an attempt to prod them into consolidating with neighboring communities, some residents called the budget cuts antirural.2008 February 28, David Kocieniewski, “New Jersey Braces for Cuts Sought by the Governor”, in New York Times

Forms of antirural

comparativemore antirural
superlativemost antirural

Origin of antirural

From anti- + rural.

Questions about antirural

What does antirural mean?
Antirural means biased against rural areas or people.
What part of speech is antirural?
Antirural is an adjective.

Words near antirural in the dictionary

  1. Antirrio
  2. Antirrion
  3. antirubella
  4. antirum
  5. antirunway
  6. antirural
  7. antirust
  8. antirusting
  9. antirusts
  10. antis
  11. antisabbatarian

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