urbanist

noun

ur·​ban·​ist ˈər-bə-nist How to pronounce urbanist (audio)
: a specialist in city planning
urbanistic
ˌər-bə-ˈni-stik How to pronounce urbanist (audio)
adjective
urbanistically
ˌər-bə-ˈni-sti-k(ə-)lē How to pronounce urbanist (audio)
adverb

Examples of urbanist in a Sentence

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To some urbanists, a sneckdown offers a vision of a better world. — Naaman Zhou, New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2026 The finished renovation would be the kind of development urbanists crave. — Shomik Mukherjee, Mercury News, 21 June 2025 Modern promoters of urban living, sometimes called new urbanists, have a reputation for blaming the automobile for many of the ills of the modern city. — Alan Ohnsman, Forbes.com, 20 Apr. 2026 The 100-acre greenbelt captured the imagination of urbanists who saw it as a way to reunite communities divided by the freeway. — Deputy Managing Editor, Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for urbanist

Word History

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 7 Jul. 2026.

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