suburbia

Meaning

The suburbs as a whole and all that characterizes or pertains to them; (sometimes derogatory) the suburbs as encapsulated or represented by the typical characteristics or qualities of the people living there, especially complacency, conformity, conservativeness, dullness, etc.

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Pronounced as (IPA)
/səˈbɜː.bɪ.ə/
Etymology

PIE word *upó From suburb + -ia (suffix forming abstract nouns, the names of collections of things, etc.)

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