gentrification
noun[U]
uk/ˌdʒen.trɪ.fɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌdʒen.trə.fəˈkeɪ.ʃən/theprocessby which aplace,especiallypartof acity,changesfrom being apoorareato aricherone, wherepeoplefrom ahighersocialclasslive:
(地区的)贵族化Ordinaryworkingpeoplehave beenpricedout ofEastLondon by gentrification.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- heap
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- plebby
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- the upper crust
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class