gentrification

English

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /dʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

gentrification (plural gentrifications)

1. The process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents.

Related terms

• degentrification

Translations

process of renewal and influx of higher class people

• Danish: gentrificering (da) c
• Dutch: verbetering (nl),
• Finnish: keskiluokkaistuminen (fi)
• French: embourgeoisement (fr) m, gentrification (fr) m
• German: Gentrifizierung (de) f, Gentrifikation (de) f

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: gentrifisering (no) m and f

  Nynorsk: gentrifisering (nn) f

• Spanish: aburguesamiento (es) m
• Swedish: gentrifiering (sv) c

See also

• gentrify
• gentry