Complete Definition of "gentrification"

English
Pronunciation
jen-tr&-f&-'kA-sh&n
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-eɪ��n|-eɪ��n
Noun
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gentrification

  1. the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents

See also
gentrify
gentry

fr:gentrification

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