gentrification
nounHow many syllables in gentrification?
There are 5 syllables in the word gentrification.How to pronounce gentrification:
Definition of gentrification:
- gentrification (noun):
- the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents).
- a process in which a poor area (as of a city) experiences an influx of middle-class or wealthy people who renovate and rebuild homes and businesses and which often results in an increase in property values and the displacement of earlier, usually poorer residents
Antonyms for gentrification:
damage
destruction
harm
hurt
injury
neglect
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