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GENTRIFICATION

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• GENTRIFICATION (noun)
The noun GENTRIFICATION has 1 sense:

1. the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)

Familiarity information: GENTRIFICATION used as a noun is very rare.

• GENTRIFICATION (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)

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Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("gentrification" is a kind of...):

restoration (the act of restoring something or someone to a satisfactory state)

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