Usually means: Study of human settlements scientifically.
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  1. ekistics: Merriam-Webster
  2. ekistics: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. ekistics: Collins English Dictionary
  4. ekistics: Wiktionary
  5. ekistics: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. ekistics: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  7. ekistics: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. ekistics: Dictionary.com
  9. Ekistics: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. ekistics: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. ekistics: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. ekistics: Financial dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. ekistics: A Word A Day

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ekistics)

▸ noun:  The scientific study of human settlements, and the planning and design of cities and other communities.

Similar:
urbanism, urban studies, urbanology, urbanistics, urban planning, euthenics, exogeography, ethnoecology, streetology, ethnogeography, more...

Opposite:
dystopistics, cacotopistics, anti-urbanism

Types:
urban, rural, suburban, more...

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Similar:
urbanism, urban studies, urbanology, urbanistics, urban planning, euthenics, exogeography, ethnoecology, streetology, ethnogeography, more...

Opposite:
dystopistics, cacotopistics, anti-urbanism

Types:
urban, rural, suburban, more...



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