Refine this word faster

Gentrification

//d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən// noun

Noun

1
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. countable, uncountable
"Labour's manifesto contains the wild promise of 'war on the private landlord,' but this may conceal a real determination to use the powers of compulsory purchase to prevent the existing residents of places like North Kensington being driven out by the twin forces of 'gentrification' and development."
2
the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents) wordnet
3
A geographical area that is gradually becoming prosperous due to investment. countable, uncountable

From gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.

Want a quick game? Try Word Finder.