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Noun: gentrification  `jen-tree-fi'key-shun
  1. The restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)

Derived forms: gentrifications

See also: gentrify

Type of: restoration

Encyclopedia: Gentrification

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