gentrifying
present participle ofgentrify
gentrify
verb[Toften passive]
disapprovinguk/ˈdʒen.trɪ.faɪ/us/ˈdʒen.trə.faɪ/tochangeaplacefrom being apoorareato aricherone, bypeopleof ahighersocialclassmovingtolivethere:
Theareawhere Igrewup has been allmodernizedand gentrified, and haslostallitsoldcharacter.
Class & class-consciousness in general
- anti-bourgeois
- anti-snob
- arriviste
- bougie
- gentrification
- gentrify
- go/come down in the worldidiom
- go/come up in the worldidiom
- pedigreed
- petit bourgeois
- petty bourgeois
- pleb
- social climbing
- social mobility
- the bottom of the heapidiom
- the gentry
- the petite bourgeoisie
- trailer trash
- underclass
- upper class
Examplesofgentrifying
gentrifying
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Ingentrifyingcommunities without strong rent-control laws poor residents are informally evicted when they can not afford the increased rents.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The neighborhood experienced a period of decline until the 1990s, when it begangentrifying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the time, the neighborhood was rapidlygentrifying, but wasn't anywhere near as safe as it is now.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.New mixed-use properties were built throughout the 2000s in accordance with the plan, which had agentrifyingeffect on the neighborhood.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Today, the area isgentrifying.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Some of this still exists today, however the area is experiencing a cultural renaissance with new investors and new residents from many countriesgentrifyingthe area.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The increased taxes force many original property owners to either pay and stay (via higher rents for their tenants) or to sell and leave thegentrifyingcommunity.
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