Anticity

/ænˈtɪsɪti/ noun

Definition

Hostility, opposition, or prejudice against cities or urban life; a preference for rural or non-urban living.

Etymology

From anti- (against) + city (urban settlement) + -ity (state or quality of). This is a modern term that emerged alongside urbanization debates in the 20th century.

Kelly Says

Anticity is basically the 'rural nostalgic' feeling that inspired the back-to-the-land movement of the 1970s—people romanticizing farms while completely forgetting why their grandparents fled to cities for better jobs.

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