suburbia

[ suh-bur-bee-uh ]

/ səˈbɜr bi ə /

suburbs collectively.

suburbanites collectively.

the social or cultural aspects of life in suburbs.

Origin of suburbia

First recorded in 1895–1900; suburb + -ia

Hostility to the non-urban regions includes a detestation of suburbia.

Time to Bring Back the Truman Democrats |Joel Kotkin |December 21, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Growing up in that suburbia and air of pop culture, these images stayed with me like a weird dream.

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Camberwell (in South London) was still seen as suburbia in the 1920s.

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He documented America as it really was, from the political unrest to the rise of suburbia.

Garry Winogrand’s American Hustle Comes To The Met |Justin Jones |June 27, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

More recent critiques of suburbia have focused as well on their alleged vulnerability in an energy-constrained era.

The Triumph of Suburbia: Despite Downtown Hype, Americans Choose Sprawl |Joel Kotkin |April 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
A Radical out and out, she learnt to speak with horror of Suburbia.

A Room With A View |E. M. Forster
Such are the atrocities upon which Suburbia has to base its ideas of one of the most imposing of trees.

Wayside and Woodland Trees |Edward Step
He bore the stamp of suburbia all over him, and his accent was peculiarly that of London.

Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo |William Le Queux
Suburbia often makes the excuse that their pocket-handkerchief of a garden is much too small to be made beautiful.

Myths & Legends of Japan |F. Hadland (Frederick Hadland) Davis
He spoke with a cultured English accent more than a Cockney or a suburbia accent.

Warren Commission (11 of 26): Hearings Vol. XI (of 15) |The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

suburbia

/ (səˈbɜːbɪə) /

suburbs or the people living in them considered as an identifiable community or class in society

the life, customs, etc, of suburbanites