Definitions for gentrification

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gentrification gen·tri·fi·ca·tion

Spelling: [jen-truh-fi-key-shuh n]

IPA: /ˌdʒɛn trə fɪˈkeɪ ʃən/

Gentrification is a 14 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 24 points.

You can make 1400 anagrams from letters in gentrification (acefgiiinnortt).

Definitions for gentrification

noun

1. the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
2. the process of conforming to an upper- or middle-class lifestyle, or of making a product, activity, etc., appealing to those with more affluent tastes:

Origin of gentrification

1964; coined by sociologist Ruth Glass; gentry + -fication

Examples for gentrification

And gentrification is fine, the problem is the consequences—the people outside your line of sight—which is very troubling.

But the pace of gentrification was accelerating all through the aughties (and as far as I can tell, continues to rocket ahead).

Back at Columbia Heights Village, Mary bemoans the rising rents that gentrification has caused.

Hip trendsetters are blamed for everything from gentrification to expensive beer.

Mind you, gentrification is not the subject of any of these films.

This is gentrification of the fashion seen everywhere from Minneapolis to Mumbai.

The gentrification of the Democratic Party has gone too far to be reversed in this election.