GENTRIFICATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

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

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

Derivation:

gentrify (renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations)

Credits