Definitions for urbanity
ɜrˈbæn ɪ tiur·ban·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. urbanitynoun

   polished courtesy; elegance of manner

2. urbanitynoun

   the quality or character of life in a city or town

   "there is an important difference between rusticity and urbanity"

WiktionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 1 vote

1. urbanitynoun

   Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous.

2. urbanitynoun

   What is characteristically urban in an area; urbanness.

3. urbanitynoun

   Courtesies.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Urbanitynoun

   Civility; elegance; politeness; merriment; facetiousness.

   Etymology: urbanité, Fr. urbanitas, Lat.

   A rustical severity banishes all urbanity, whose harmless condition is consistent with religion. Thomas Browne, Vulg. Errours.

   Raillery is the sauce of civil entertainment; and without some such tincture of urbanity, good humour falters. Roger L'Estrange.

   Moral doctrine, and urbanity, or well-mannered wit, constitute the Roman satire. Dryden.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. urbanity

   Urbanity refers to the characteristic of being sophisticated, refined, courteous and cosmopolitan in manners, often associated with life in a city or heavily populated town. It can also refer to the lifestyle, culture, and social patterns in urban areas.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Urbanitynoun

   the quality or state of being urbane; civility or courtesy of manners; politeness; refinement

2. Urbanitynoun

   polite wit; facetiousness

WikidataRate this definition:5.0 / 2 votes

1. Urbanity

   Urbanity refers to the characteristics, personality traits, and viewpoints associated with cities and urban areas. People who can be described as having urbanity are also referred to as citified. The word is related to the Latin urbanitas with connotations of refinement and elegance, the opposite of rusticus, associated with the countryside. In Latin the word referred originally to the view of the world from ancient Rome. The name Urban has been taken as a papal name by nine popes and referred to the location of the Holy See at the Vatican in Rome and the pope's status as Bishop of Rome. Urbane has a similar meaning; Oxford English Dictionary notes that the relationship of urbane to urban is similar to the relationship humane bears to human. In language, urbanity still connotes a smooth and literate style, free of barbarisms and other infelicities. In antiquity, schools of rhetoric flourished only in the atmosphere of large cities, to which privileged students flocked from smaller cities in order to gain polish.

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1. • Courtesy
   • Quality

How to pronounce urbanity?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of urbanity in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of urbanity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=urbanity
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Urbanity
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=urbanity
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urbanity
6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=urbanity