gentrification
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trə noun
1.
the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, thus improving property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
2.
an instance of gentrifying; the condition of being gentrified.
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gentrification (ˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| (Brit) a process by which middle-class people take up residence in a traditionally working-class area of a city, changing the character of the area | |
| [C20: from gentrify (to become | |
| 'gentrifier | |
| —n | |
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Example sentences
As always happens, the artist rehabilitation has led to yuppie gentrification.
Gentrification and the loss of longtime congregants have left some houses of worship with sparsely populated pews.
And in both the real and virtual world, nothing improves security more than gentrification.
The tide of gentrification that transformed economically depressed enclaves is receding, leaving some communities high and dry.
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