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1. A rural idiom or expression
   - rusticism
    
2. A rural characteristic or trait
   "a place with the ruralism of a turnip field";
   - rurality
    
3. Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living.
   "By "ruralism" I mean the glorification of country life, and a dissatisfaction with urbanism."

Derived forms: ruralisms

Type of: characteristic, front, idiom, idiomatic expression, movement, phrasal idiom, phrase, set phrase, social movement, trait

Encyclopedia: Ruralism