URBANISATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does urbanisation mean? 

• URBANISATION (noun)
  The noun URBANISATION has 2 senses:

1. the condition of being urbanized

2. the social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

  Familiarity information: URBANISATION used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• URBANISATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The condition of being urbanized

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

urbanisation; urbanization

Hypernyms ("urbanisation" is a kind of...):

condition; status (a state at a particular time)

Derivation:

urbanise (impart urban habits, ways of life, or responsibilities upon)

Sense 2

Meaning:

The social process whereby cities grow and societies become more urban

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

urbanisation; urbanization

Hypernyms ("urbanisation" is a kind of...):

social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Derivation:

urbanise (make more industrial or city-like)

 Context examples 

This suggests that the effects of urbanisation on species are strong enough to counteract adaptations to other human influences such as invasive predators.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)

Gotanda also looked at the effect of urbanisation on finch behaviour and found - as is generally seen in towns and cities - the birds were less fearful as they became used to the presence of humans.

(A decade after the predators have gone, Galapagos Island finches are still being spooked, University of Cambridge)