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In a colonial context, it is the "mother city" of a [[colony]], that is, the city which sent out settlers. The word has distant roots in the [[Greek colonisation|colonial past of Ancient Greece]] with first usage in [[Middle English]] around the 14th century.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metropolis#h1 Merriam-Webster]</ref> This was later generalized to a city regarded as a center of a specified activity, or any large, important city in a nation.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} | In a colonial context, it is the "mother city" of a [[colony]], that is, the city which sent out settlers. The word has distant roots in the [[Greek colonisation|colonial past of Ancient Greece]] with first usage in [[Middle English]] around the 14th century.<ref>[https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/metropolis#h1 Merriam-Webster]</ref> This was later generalized to a city regarded as a center of a specified activity, or any large, important city in a nation.{{citation needed|date=November 2021}} | ||
==As a cultural center== | |||
Metropolises are often described as cultural centers but this view has been challenged and disputed. Described as "a more sympathetic generation of scholars", some have defended the frequently maligned [[peasant]] class, noting that modern cultural attitudes may be evolving compared to the early Industrial age.<ref>{{cite book |last=Freedman |first=Paul |title=Origins of Peasant Servitude in Medieval Catalonia|publisher=Cambridge University Press |page=15}}</ref> | |||
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