# ruralization

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. the process of making rural.
2. the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas
3. the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities
4. the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing

## Etymology
From rural + -ization.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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