urbanist

noun

ur·​ban·​ist ˈər-bə-nist How to pronounce urbanist (audio)
: a specialist in city planning
urbanistic adjective
urbanistically adverb

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The urbanist At his zenith, Taylor had the power to lay down the template of a downtown that had been hollowed out by earlier attempts to rebuild. Scott Herhold, Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2025 These urbanists have been inching toward the political center, seeing the logic in development and turning against some progressive icons. Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025 Between dispatches about evacuations and the hot takes and conspiracy posts that followed, the armchair urbanists got busy citing literature. Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2025 The study is sponsored by Rethink 794, a group of environmentalists, urbanists and others who favor the freeway's replacement. Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024 See All Example Sentences for urbanist

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First Known Use

1930, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of urbanist was in 1930

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“Urbanist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/urbanist. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.

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