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RURALISM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A rural characteristic or trait
Example:
a place with the rurality of a turnip field
Synonyms:
ruralism; rurality
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Hypernyms ("ruralism" is a kind of...):
trait (a distinguishing feature of your personal nature)
characteristic (a distinguishing quality)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A rural idiom or expression
Synonyms:
ruralism; rusticism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
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)
