environmental discrimination anti-urbanism Hostility toward the city as opposed to the country, a simple rejection of the city, or a wish to destroy the city; discrimination against persons seen as belonging to cities. Such hostility and/or discrimination may be individualized or collective. Anti-urbanism may also be interpreted as a philosophy which aims to tackle metronormative ways of life. The phenomenon of anti-urbanism is often linked to urban and/or metropolitan bias. antiurbanism