gentrification
noun/d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
Etymology
From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.
- derived from genterie
Definitions
The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people…
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.
- 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.
A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment.
The neighborhood
- neighbordegentrification
- neighborgentrify
- neighborgentry
- neighborprice out
- neighborurban blight
- neighborurban renewal
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for gentrification. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA