blockbusting

English

noun

Definitions

(US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup

Etymology

Compound from English block (block of flats, n) + English busting.

Origin

English

busting

Gloss

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

autoblock English
backblock English
ballbusting English
block English
block length English
blockable English
blockade English
blockage English
blockboard English
blockbuster English
blockchain English
blockee English
blocker English
blockface English
blockfield English
blockfront English
blockful English
blockhead English
blockheaded English
blockhole English
blockhouse English
blockish English
blocklayer English
blocklaying English
blocklike English
blocklist English
blocklong English
blockmaker English
blockmaking English
blockquote English
blockscape English
blockship English
blocksize English
blockstone English
blockwide English
blockwise English
blockwork English
blockworthy English
blocky English
boot block English
bootblock English
breechblock English
busting English
cellblock English
chartbusting English
cinderblock English
cloudbusting English
cockblock English
crimebusting English
cryoblock English
deblock English
diblock English
docblock English
flatblock English
gangbusting English
geo-block English
ghostbusting English
haploblock English
headblock English
hemiblock English
houseblock English
iceblock English
interblock English
jawblock English
macroblock English
megablock English
metalloblock English
microblock English
midblock English
multiblock English
nanoblock English
netblock English
pentablock English
permablock English
preblock English
pseudoblock English
pushblock English
quackbusting English
racketbusting English
reblock English
roadblock English
seroblock English
sigblock English
spamblock English
stereoblock English
stopblock English
stressbusting English
stumblingblock English
subblock English
sunblock English
superblock English
tailblock English
tankbusting English
textblock English
trend-busting English
triblock English
trustbusting English
unblock English
unionbusting English
woodblock English
bloc French
block Spanish, Castilian
ブロック Japanese
blok Middle English
bloc Irish
blokovat Czech
block Manx
ဘလောက် Burmese
block Middle Low German
블록 Korean