suburbia
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- noun
- /səˈbɜrbiə/
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vida suburbana
- My sense is that the whole "no toy guns" approach to parenting is pretty common in suburbia.
- kids from suburbia
- live in suburbia
- white suburbia
I think that suburbia is death trap for happiness factor.
- I think that suburbia is death trap for happiness factor.
- And so I think suburbia does try and fit you into a certain thing.
- I never thought that I'd, you know, growing up in suburbia, I never thought that I would want to.
- Samantha and Charlie, suburban kids from Long Island who see New York as kind of the way to escape suburbia and real live a real life.
- These David Gordon, who explains American suburbia by the movement of bosses to get away from workers in labour strife.
Examples
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My slice of suburbia is full of henpecked husbands who've given their wives complete control of the social calendar.
Blog text (10) -
Many people in suburbia enjoy a quieter lifestyle with spacious homes and parks nearby.
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And so I think suburbia does try and fit you into a certain thing.
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I have lived in a small town, suburbia, and a big city and loved each and every one.
Blog text (34) -
On this episode, I want to talk about suburbia and why so many people believe that it sucks.
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I expected it in a big city, but never in middle-class suburbia!
Blog text (8) -
Maybe that's unfair, as they do say that you never know what goes on behind the net curtains of suburbia.
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The mall culture fades as new urban and rural alternatives underscore the sterility, hidden costs, and isolation of suburbia.
Academic text (1999) -
I can't really afford the finer things; my husband's career is a crushing disappointment to me; I'm trapped in suburbia.
Fiction book (2000) -
Life in suburbia often revolves around community activities, schools, and family-oriented events.
Synonyms
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5.8
A person who lives in a suburb and often commutes to the city for work
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Morphology
Etymology
Suburbia comes from sub- ('near' or 'under') and urb- from Latin urbs ('city'), and the ending -ia makes it a word for a place or state. So suburbia can mean the people and the lifestyle of those areas outside a city.