gentrification

English

/dʒɛntɹɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/

noun
Definitions
  • (urban studies) The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.

Etymology

Affix from English gentry root from Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- (produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*ǵenh₁-

Gloss

produce, beget, give birth, be born, procreate, generate, beget give birth to, bear

Concept
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Modern world

Ontological Category

Action/Process

Kanji

産

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