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architourism

architourism noun: tourism involving seeing buildings and other architectural works.

Noun

architourism (uncountable)

  1. Tourism involving seeing buildings and other architectural works.
    • Its luxury loft rooms attract international visitors seeking the "architourism" experience of staying in the only hotel housed in a Wright structure.2004, "The Wright stuff: a reborn Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece attracts visitors to an Oklahoma oil town", Journal of Property Management, May/June 2004

Origin of architourism

Blend of architecture + tourism.

Words formed from architourism

Questions about architourism

What does architourism mean?
Architourism means tourism involving seeing buildings and other architectural works.
What part of speech is architourism?
Architourism is a noun.

Words near architourism in the dictionary

  1. architextually
  2. architextural
  3. architexture
  4. architextures
  5. architomy
  6. architourism
  7. architourist
  8. architourists
  9. architranseme
  10. architransemes
  11. architraval

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