What is "ruralism"

Ruralism \Ru"ral*ism\, n.

1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.

2. A rural idiom or expression.

n. Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living.

1. n. a rural idiom or expression [syn: rusticism]

2. a rural characteristic or trait; "a place with the rurality of a turnip field" [syn: rurality]