urbanity

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urbanity

/əːˈbæn.ɪ.ti/ UK
/ɝˈbæn.ə.ti/ US

Rhymes with -ænɪti

Where it comes from

From Middle English urbanitie, from Middle French urbanité, from Latin urbānitās, from urbānus (“belonging to a city”), with a sense of "having the manners of townspeople" in Classical Latin, from urbs (“city”); equivalent to urbane + -ity (sense 1) and urban + -ity (sense 2).

noun urbanities

countable, uncountable Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous. The vaunted courtesy of the old school, the smooth urbanity that prevailed in former days [...]
Similar: urbaneness
countable, uncountable Urbanness. [...], the majority of cases will differ as to "urbanity", as most of the evacuees were rural.
Opposite: rurality

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noun polished and courteous behavior

Español	urbanidad, educación, modales, corrección, cortesía
Português	urbanidade
Français	urbanité, civilité
Italiano	civiltà
Română	decență, bună-cuviință, urbanitate

noun what is characteristically urban

Français	urbanité
Română	urbanism

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@misc{urbanity_2026,
  title = {urbanity},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/urbanity},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}