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urbanicity

urbanicity

1 7.5
How much a place is like a city
  • noun
  • /ˌɜːrbəˈnɪsɪti/
  • Specialized
: urbanicidad
  • Among women, greater levels of urbanicity were associated with lower odds of high blood pressure.
  • level of urbanicity
  • greater urbanicity
  • interaction between urbanicity

Examples

  • By contrast, urbanicity was clearly associated with lower physical activity among men regardless of SEP.

    Academic text (2011)
  • We took the provincial-level indicator of urbanicity from the 2001 census.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Figures 1 and 2 show predicted risk factor levels for varying levels of urbanicity and education.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our results also showed that the associations of urbanicity with risk factors were not homogeneous across social groups.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Data are limited on the social patterning of chronic disease risk factors according to urbanicity in Latin America.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our analysis shows that urbanicity explains some of these differences, although the majority of this variance is left unexplained.

    Academic text (2015)
  • For women, we found statistically significant interactions between urbanicity and education for BMI, diabetes, and low physical activity.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Heterogeneity of the social patterning of cardiovascular risk factors by urbanicity for women is shown in Figure 2.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Our results also showed that the effects of urbanicity on chronic disease risk varied by socioeconomic position (SEP).

    Academic text (2011)
  • Higher urbanicity usually leads to more access to health services in the community, improving overall well-being.

Antonyms

136 1.1

Land and views outside towns and cities with fields and farms

1 7.9

The features and way of life found in the countryside

How Urban

metropolitan
102 4.8
urban area
52 2.7
urbanicity
  • Specialized
1 7.5
small town
407 1.5
rural area
71 2.0

Surface Forms

urbanicity singular
urbanicities plural

Morphology

urbanicity = urban (transparent) = urban + icity

Meaning is clearly the nominal quality/degree derived from 'urban' using the productive suffix '-icity' (i.e., -ic + -ity).

Etymology

Urbanicity comes from urban, which comes from the old Latin word urbs meaning 'city', plus the ending -icity meaning 'state' or 'quality'. So urbanicity simply means the 'city-ness' of a place — how city-like it is, which is why high urbanicity often means more buses, shops, and cultural events.