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degentrification

degentrification noun: the reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.

Noun

degentrification (uncountable)

  1. The reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.
    • Prophesies of degentrification appear to have been overstated as many neighborhoods continue to gentrify while others, further from the city center begin to experience the process for the first time.2013, Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, Elvin Wyly, Gentrification

Origin of degentrification

From de- + gentrification.

Questions about degentrification

What does degentrification mean?
Degentrification means the reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.
What part of speech is degentrification?
Degentrification is a noun.

Words near degentrification in the dictionary

  1. degenitalize
  2. degenitalized
  3. degenitalizes
  4. degenitalizing
  5. degens
  6. degentrification
  7. degeration
  8. degerm
  9. degermation
  10. degermed
  11. degerminator

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