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metropolitanism

metropolitanism noun: the quality or state of being metropolitan.

Noun

metropolitanism (usually uncountable, plural metropolitanisms)

  1. (usually) The quality or state of being metropolitan.
    • She stayed at two or three places a day for at least one meal--hotels in tiny towns she had never heard of, and in larger towns that were fumbling for metropolitanism.1917, Sinclair Lewis, The Job
    • Bennietod was Bowery-born and office-bred, and this sad metropolitanism almost made of him a good philosopher.1906, Zona Gale, Romance Island

Forms of metropolitanism

pluralmetropolitanisms

Origin of metropolitanism

From metropolitan + -ism.

Questions about metropolitanism

What does metropolitanism mean?
Metropolitanism means the quality or state of being metropolitan.
What part of speech is metropolitanism?
Metropolitanism is a noun.
What is the plural of metropolitanism?
The plural of metropolitanism is metropolitanisms.

Words near metropolitanism in the dictionary

  1. metropolitanisation
  2. metropolitanise
  3. metropolitanised
  4. metropolitanises
  5. metropolitanising
  6. metropolitanism
  7. metropolitanisms
  8. metropolitanization
  9. metropolitanize
  10. metropolitanized
  11. metropolitanizes

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