Gentrification: the process by which poor black neighborhoods become rich young white neighborhoods, usually fueled by greedy landlords wishing to exploit the greater upward mobility of whites.
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Gentrification
//d͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən//
Synonyms for "gentrification" (1 found)
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29 translations across 19 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gentrifisering noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Catalan
1 entries- gentrificació noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 中產階級化 /中产阶级化 noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- 仕紳化 /仕绅化 noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- 士紳化 /士绅化 noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- 紳士化 /绅士化 noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Danish
1 entries- gentrificering noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Dutch
1 entries- gentrificatie noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Finnish
1 entries- keskiluokkaistuminen noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
French
2 entries- embourgeoisement noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- gentrification noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Georgian
2 entries- ურბანული ჯენტრიფიკაცია noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- ჯენტრიფიკაცია noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
German
2 entries- Gentrifikation noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- Gentrifizierung noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Hungarian
1 entries- dzsentrifikáció noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Italian
1 entries- gentrificazione noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Malay
1 entries- gentrifikasi noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- gentrifisering noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- gentrifisering noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Polish
1 entries- gentryfikacja noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Portuguese
2 entries- aburguesamento noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- gentrificação noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Russian
1 entries- джентрифика́ция noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Spanish
2 entries- aburguesamiento noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
- gentrificación noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Swedish
1 entries- gentrifiering noun (process of renewal accompanying an influx of relatively affluent people)
Sample sentences
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Gentrification increases homelessness.
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Urban renewal is another way of saying gentrification.
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Gentrification is a process carried out by landlords and developers, not by tenants.
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