gentrification
Pronunciation: /d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
The English word “gentrification” has 2 meanings listed here.
noun
- 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.
- A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment.
Etymology
From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.
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