Slummification
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process of an area or neighborhood becoming a slum. uncountable
"There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves."
Example
More examples"There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves."
Etymology
From slum + -ification.
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