1. A rural characteristic or trait
   "a place with the ruralism of a turnip field";
   - rurality
    
2. Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living
   "The author's ruralism was evident in his novels celebrating country life"
    
3. A rural idiom or expression
   "His speech was peppered with ruralisms unfamiliar to city dwellers";
   - rusticism

Derived forms: ruralisms

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

Encyclopedia: Ruralism