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gentrification

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14 lettersPronunciation /d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/Part of speech nounSorted acefgiiinnorttStarts with GEnds with N0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)

Word origin

From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.

Used in a sentence

  • Who told you to buy a brownstone on my block, in my neighborhood, on my side of the street? Yo, what you wanna live in a Black neighborhood for, anyway? Man, motherfuck gentrification.
  • In particular, the focus is on property value changes and gentrification in Portland that are often attributed to urban growth and containment policies within the state.

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