gentrification
pronunciation
How to pronounce gentrification in British English:
UK [ˌdʒentrifiˈkeiʃən]
How to pronounce gentrification in American English:
US [ˌdʒɛntrəfɪˈkeʃən]
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- Noun:
- the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of lower-income people)
Word Origin
- gentrification (n.)
- 1973, noun of action from gentrify.
Example
- 1. Study on seif-driving tours in china and tourism gentrification .
- 2. Valley county has tracked the arc of rural gentrification .
- 3. Gentrification spread : west from notting hill towards shepherd 's bush and north into queen 's park and even kilburn .
- 4. Houses of gentrification reflect cultural tropism of the middle class .
- 5. Have you heard of the term , " gentrification " ?