n [ U ] (often disapprov )
the suburbs (= areas of towns and cities that are outside the centre, and consist mainly of houses and flats/apartments). Suburbia is also used to refer to the people who live in the suburbs and their way of life. They are seen as being typically white, middle-class and opposed to change. Life in suburbia, both in Britain and in the US, is usually considered rather boring:
The former revolutionary settled for a steady job and a house in suburbia.