Haussmannization

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Noun
  1. 1
    The creative destruction of something for the betterment of society.

    "In second place, the Haussmannization or evisceration of the central quarters of numerous European cities did not solve the problem of mass housing or provide for the kind of egalitarian distribution of urban resources CIAM proposed."

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"In second place, the Haussmannization or evisceration of the central quarters of numerous European cities did not solve the problem of mass housing or provide for the kind of egalitarian distribution of urban resources CIAM proposed."

Etymology

From Haussmann + -ization, after Baron Haussmann.

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