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Definition of Ruralite
1. a ruralist [n -S] - See also: ruralist
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ruralite
Literary usage of Ruralite
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue by Syracuse University, St. Louis, Public school library (1910)
"To accomplish this purpose, there must be a permea- tive socialization instead
of the present selfish individualism of the ruralite, by means of agencies ..."
2. Library of Southern Literature by Edwin Anderson Alderman, Joel Chandler Harris, Charles William Kent (1909)
"But hold—the ruralite, you know, is not obliged to sit In solitude and never note
men's wisdom and their wit. I've marked lines in my Shakespeare, ..."
3. Forty Years of It by Brand Whitlock (1914)
"... farmers and country lawyers and the politicians of small towns, who, in the
historic opposition of the ruralite to the urbanite, could not only favor ..."
4. The Country-life Movement in the United States by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1911)
"... real ruralite. This factor is not sufficiently taken into account by city men
who would remove to real farms and make a living there. ..."
5. The Country-life Movement in the United States by Liberty Hyde Bailey (1915)
"very different as between the real urbanite and the real ruralite. This factor
is not sufficiently taken into account by city men who would remove to real ..."
6. Readings in Rural Sociology by John Phelan (1920)
"The ruralite (a term more expressive than orthodox) is individualistic; the
urbanite is communistic. The errors of individualism are best treated by ..."
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