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gentrification

gentrification

15 7.9
A process where richer people move into a run-down city area and push up prices
  • noun
  • /ˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
  • Literature
: gentrificación
  • No, such improvements do not change the fact that gentrification has many drawbacks.
  • gentrification and displacement
  • rural gentrification
  • gentrification process

Why court gentrification when we know that it's bad?

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Examples

  • Community leaders are organizing efforts to combat the negative effects of gentrification in their area.

  • The great wave of gentrification has yet to engulf us.

    T2 Trainspotting (2017)

  • It's different from the gentrification of a more settled, slightly older population.

    Big Think

  • The NBA was just as interested in the gentrification project.

    Academic text (2014)

  • In the commercial category, however, vast changes are occurring in the form of gentrification and mixed land uses.

    Academic text (1995)

  • At the same time, gentrification was bringing in a more adventurous section of the Egyptian upper class.

    Academic text (2018)

  • There is currently no greater threat to Roxbury's cultural and economic health than gentrification and the risk of further displacement.

  • Today, gentrification is now encroaching on the Greenwood, leaving just a small triangular area South of the highway.

  • The 2000-2010 decade was a continuation of the gentrification of Seattle and the displacement of the less-affluent black population from the CD.

    Academic text (2013)

  • The process and result is correctly termed gentrification, resulting in twin phenomena of displacement and integration (Smith and Schaffer 1986).

    Academic text (2013)

Synonyms

redevelopment
vsgentrification
  • Specialized
28 3.5

To make big changes to an area or building to make it better

involves a social shift with wealthier newcomers and displacement
urban renewal
vsgentrification
  • Specialized
9 3.6

Clearing and rebuilding old parts of a city to improve housing and services

emphasizes incoming wealthier residents and resulting displacement rather than only rebuilding

Antonyms

degradation
41 6.8

The process of making land, water, or buildings worse over time

How Gentrified

gentrification
  • Literature
15 7.9
revitalization
  • US
14 5.8
decline
357 3.9

Surface Forms

gentrification singular
gentrifications plural

Morphology

gentrification = gentrify (semi-transparent) = gentry + ify + ation

The noun is the regular -ation result/process noun built from the verb 'gentrify'.

Etymology

Gentrification comes from gentry ('better-off people') and the ending -fication ('a process of making'). So gentrification is the process of 'making' a neighbourhood more like where richer people live, which is why it often brings new shops, higher rents, and pushes out poorer residents.