Gentrification

noun

/dʒɛntɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

Word Frequency: 0.2

Definitions

1.noun(urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.

Synonyms

degentrification regentrification urban renewal urban regeneration reurbanization greisenisation urban renew reterritorialization rurbanization redevelopment cityfication reconversion

Rhymes With

trepidation indignation exhilaration veneration elation condemnation gratification inclination

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