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Haussmannization

Haussmannization noun: the creative destruction of something for the betterment of society.

Noun

Haussmannization (plural Haussmannizations)

  1. The creative destruction of something for the betterment of society.
    • In second place, the Haussmannization or evisceration of the central quarters of numerous European cities did not solve the problem of mass housing or provide for the kind of egalitarian distribution of urban resources CIAM proposed.1989, James Holston, chapter 2, in The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasilia, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 48

Forms of Haussmannization

pluralHaussmannizations

Origin of Haussmannization

From Haussmann + -ization, after Baron Haussmann.

Questions about Haussmannization

What does Haussmannization mean?
Haussmannization means the creative destruction of something for the betterment of society.
What part of speech is Haussmannization?
Haussmannization is a noun.
What is the plural of Haussmannization?
The plural of Haussmannization is Haussmannizations.

Words near Haussmannization in the dictionary

  1. hausse-col
  2. hausse-cols
  3. hausses
  4. Haussmann
  5. Haussmannian
  6. Haussmannization
  7. Haussmannizations
  8. Haussmannize
  9. Haussmannized
  10. Haussmannizes
  11. Haussmannizing

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