Definition of gentrification in English:
gentrification
nounˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌdʒɛntrəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n
mass noun1The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
an area undergoing rapid gentrification
Example sentencesExamples
- Once dependably seedy, it has been transformed by the forces of gentrification.
- The Bowery is well on its way to gentrification.
- In this movie, he addresses the gentrification that has overtaken his old neighborhood without being clearly anti.
- Many of the city's 120 neighborhoods are experiencing gentrification.
- She notices the double-edged sword happening locally with the growing gentrification.
- The gentrification of urban space was a by-product of global capitalism's retooling from the Industrial Age to the Information Age.
- The women have begun offering workshops in how to protest raised property taxes that result from gentrification.
- This award-winning architect engages in community work without causing gentrification to occur.
- The arrival of a coffee house on the corner of an inner city street means that gentrification is underway or has nearly been completed.
- He is writing a book on gentrification in New York.
- 1.1 The process of making a person or activity more refined or polite.
football has undergone gentrification
Miss Havisham's plan for his gentrification
Example sentencesExamples
- In "Entrepreneurs as Aristocrats," he examines values transmission, the kind which occurred in the gentrification of businessmen.
- Their gentrification was reflected in how they dressed, dined, performed, and were entertained, in a selection of social settings.
- Denim is undergoing an era of gentrification—and this has been promoted and picked up by designers and high-street stores alike.
- Since World War II, there has been an overall gentrification or affluentization of the population, which is sometimes called "embourgoisement."
- If great novels defy categorization, then in the game of literary gentrification, which writers can transcend genre while still employing its tropes, and which cannot?
Definition of gentrification in US English:
gentrification
nounˌdʒɛntrəfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)nˌjentrəfəˈkāSH(ə)n
1The process of renovating and improving a house or district so that it conforms to middle-class taste.
an area undergoing rapid gentrification
Example sentencesExamples
- The women have begun offering workshops in how to protest raised property taxes that result from gentrification.
- Many of the city's 120 neighborhoods are experiencing gentrification.
- The Bowery is well on its way to gentrification.
- The arrival of a coffee house on the corner of an inner city street means that gentrification is underway or has nearly been completed.
- This award-winning architect engages in community work without causing gentrification to occur.
- Once dependably seedy, it has been transformed by the forces of gentrification.
- In this movie, he addresses the gentrification that has overtaken his old neighborhood without being clearly anti.
- She notices the double-edged sword happening locally with the growing gentrification.
- The gentrification of urban space was a by-product of global capitalism's retooling from the Industrial Age to the Information Age.
- He is writing a book on gentrification in New York.
- 1.1 The process of making a person or activity more refined or polite.
soccer has undergone gentrification
Miss Havisham's plan for his gentrification
Example sentencesExamples
- Their gentrification was reflected in how they dressed, dined, performed, and were entertained, in a selection of social settings.
- In "Entrepreneurs as Aristocrats," he examines values transmission, the kind which occurred in the gentrification of businessmen.
- Denim is undergoing an era of gentrification—and this has been promoted and picked up by designers and high-street stores alike.
- Since World War II, there has been an overall gentrification or affluentization of the population, which is sometimes called "embourgoisement."
- If great novels defy categorization, then in the game of literary gentrification, which writers can transcend genre while still employing its tropes, and which cannot?