gentrification
gent·ri·fi·cation
noun
1.
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
Origin
From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.
Phrases
- price out
- urban blight
- urban renewal
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