1. made rural in character; given the characteristics of rural or country life
Usage: past participle used as adjective

Examples

• The once-urban neighborhood became increasingly ruralized as farms expanded into the area.
• After retirement, they moved to a ruralized community outside the city.
• The ruralized landscape featured rolling hills and scattered farmhouses.
• Urban planners worried about the ruralized appearance of the suburban development.
• The artist’s paintings depicted ruralized scenes of pastoral life.
• Economic decline left the formerly industrial town ruralized and agricultural.