ruralize
Verb (transitive): - To make rural in character: "ruralize" means to cause something to become more like the countryside or to adopt rural qualities, customs, or appearances. - To populate with rural elements: It can also mean to introduce or emphasize rural features in a place, system, or society.
- (To make the area more countryside-like.)
- (To give the development a rural character.)
- (To introduce rural economic features.)
"to ruralize a landscape": to alter a landscape to resemble a rural setting.
- The park was designed to ruralize the city center with meadows and winding paths. (To make the urban space look like the countryside.)
"to ruralize a population": to encourage people to adopt rural lifestyles or settle in rural areas.
- The program attempted to ruralize the young generation by offering incentives for moving to the countryside. (To persuade them to live rurally.)
Ruralization (noun): the process of making something rural in character.
- The ruralization of the suburb was evident in the new farms and orchards. (The process of becoming rural.)
Rural (adj): relating to the countryside rather than the town.
- She prefers rural life over city living. (Countryside life.)
- Countryfy: to make something like the country.
- Pastoralize: to give a rural, peaceful, or countryside quality.
- Agrarianize: to emphasize agricultural or land-based features.
- Urbanize: to make something more like a city.
- Industrialize: to develop industry, often contrasting with rural character.
"Go rural": an informal phrase meaning to adopt rural ways or move to the countryside.
- After years in the city, they decided to go rural and start a farm. (To move to and embrace rural life.)
"Turn back the clock": sometimes used metaphorically to describe ruralizing as a return to simpler, countryside traditions.
- The community hoped to ruralize the area and turn back the clock on urban sprawl. (To revert to a rural state.)