GENTRIFICATION


Meaning of GENTRIFICATION in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌjen-trə-fə-ˈkā-shən ]

noun

Date: 1964

: the process of renewal and rebuilding accompanying the influx of middle-class or affluent people into deteriorating areas that often displaces earlier usually poorer residents

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.