RURALISM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ruralism mean? 

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

1. a rural idiom or expression

2. a rural characteristic or trait

  Familiarity information: RURALISM used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RURALISM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rural idiom or expression

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

ruralism; rusticism

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

idiom; idiomatic expression; phrasal idiom; phrase; set phrase (an expression whose meanings cannot be inferred from the meanings of the words that make it up)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A rural characteristic or trait

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

ruralism; rurality

Context example:

a place with the rurality of a turnip field

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

trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)

characteristic (a distinguishing quality)