urban culture
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- noun
- /ˈɜrbən ˈkʌltʃər/
:
cultura urbana
- Street art is a prominent aspect of urban culture, transforming blank walls into expressive canvases.
- contemporary urban culture
- rural and urban culture
Examples
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In addition to influencing individuals, these young men also sought to reform the urban culture that led so many astray.
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Storefront decoration is a functional art without taboo, made by the people and for the people, linking village tradition and urban culture.
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Though poor, they still have enough money and time within their control to participate in an urban culture of clubs, fashion, music, and dance.
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The coastal beauty and urban culture of Cape Town and San Francisco render them pretty much the same.
Blog text (33) -
The conservatives are panicking and throwing every attack they can at the big city urban culture.
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So long as we have an increasingly urban culture, we will have an increasingly collectivist governance.
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A clearer appreciation of links between rural and urban culture will better inform us about the urban experience.
Academic text (2002) -
Megalopolis presents a fascinating ideological reading of contemporary urban culture while offering a fresh take on the place of Latinos within that culture.
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Even though Costa Rican campesino leaders did their best to overcome these prejudices, the fact that many had some higher education and considerable familiarity with urban culture complicated relations with representatives from other countries.
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The outcome was a bifurcation of society resulting in a European urban culture in Istanbul, Ankara, and Izmir, and a rural society deeply rooted in Islamic tradition.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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A way of living and behaving that is common in cities
Antonyms
How Urban
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'customs, traditions, and social behaviors in city environments' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'urban' (pertaining to city life) with 'culture' (shared ideas and practices). This adjective+noun composition is a regular, cross-linguistically common pattern and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.
Etymology
Urban culture puts together urban, meaning 'city', and culture, meaning 'shared ways of life'. Imagine a busy street where music, fashion and food mix and people share new ideas, and that's why urban culture means 'the customs and social behaviors found in cities'.