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pregentrification

pregentrification adjective: prior to gentrification.

Adjective

pregentrification (not comparable)

  1. Prior to gentrification.
    • Mr. Manning, who has been the church’s pastor for 27 years, said the intent of the boycott was to return Harlem to its pregentrification days of 1990, without the crack, crime and boarded-up buildings.2008 March 31, Timothy Williams, “Minister Sees Salvation of Harlem in Boycott”, in New York Times

Origin of pregentrification

From pre- + gentrification.

Questions about pregentrification

What does pregentrification mean?
Pregentrification means prior to gentrification.
What part of speech is pregentrification?
Pregentrification is an adjective.

Words near pregentrification in the dictionary

  1. pregenome
  2. pregenomes
  3. pregenomic
  4. pregenre
  5. pregenres
  6. pregentrification
  7. pregentrified
  8. pregenual
  9. pregeological
  10. pregeometries
  11. pregeometry

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