ruralization

== English == === Alternative forms === ruralisation === Etymology === From rural +‎ -ization. === Noun === ruralization (usually uncountable, plural ruralizations) the process of making rural. the change in a country or region when its population migrates from urban to rural areas the process of the formation of villages and the decline of big cities the proportion of a region's population that live in villages and small communities; the rate at which this proportion is growing ==== Antonyms ==== urbanization ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ====