gentrify
Meaning
To renovate or improve something, especially housing or district, to make it more appealing to the middle classes (now often with the negative association of pricing out existing residents).
Synonyms
Translations
embourgeoiser
gentrificarPronounced as (IPA)
/ˈd͡ʒɛn.tɹɪ.faɪ/
Etymology
From gentry + -fy.
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