Home › Words › U › urbacityurbacityurbacity means an extreme or exaggerated pride in one's city; an insular view of one's city.EtymologyUnknown, but claimed to be a coinage of Percy Adolphus Vaile in the early 20th century (see quote below). Compare urban, -ity, city. Not to be confused with urbanity.nounAn extreme or exaggerated pride in one's city; an insular view of one's city.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.urbanicity 67% match — The quality or fact of (an area) being urban. vs urbacity →urbanness 65% match — The state or condition of being urban. vs urbacity →urbanity 62% match — Behaviour that is polished, refined, courteous. vs urbacity →antiurban 61% match — Showing a negative view of cities or city life vs urbacity →inurbanity 61% match — Lack of urbanity or courtesy; bad manners. vs urbacity →urbanely 60% match — In an urbane manner. vs urbacity →cityness 59% match — The state or quality of being or resembling a city. vs urbacity →citylike 58% match — Resembling or characteristic of a city. vs urbacity →