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10 Language-to-English Dictionaries中产阶级化
Pronunciation / Transliteration: zhòngchǎnjiējíhuà
"城市的中产阶级化导致了房租的大幅上涨。"
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The process whereby the character of a poor urban area is changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.
"Rapid gentrification has priced many long-term residents out of the downtown neighborhood."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in 1964 by sociologist Ruth Glass, derived from the English word 'gentry' (people of good social position), with the suffix '-fication' indicating a process of becoming.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Gentrification" is said worldwide
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gentrification
Transliteration: gentrification
"La gentrification de ce quartier a provoqué la hausse des loyers."
Gentrifizierung
Transliteration: Gentrifizierung
"Die Gentrifizierung verändert das Gesicht der Innenstadt stark."
gentrificazione
Transliteration: gentrificazione
"Molti residenti storici lottano contro la gentrificazione."
gentrificación
Transliteration: gentrificación
"La gentrificación desplaza a las familias de bajos ingresos."
gentrificação
Transliteration: gentrificação
"O processo de gentrificação alterou o comércio local."
जनत्रीकरण
Transliteration: gentrification
"शहरी जनत्रीकरण के कारण पुराने निवासी विस्थापित हो रहे हैं।"
中产阶级化
Transliteration: zhòngchǎnjiējíhuà
"城市的中产阶级化导致了房租的大幅上涨。"
젠트리피케이션
Transliteration: jenteuripikeisyeon
"젠트리피케이션으로 인해 원주민들이 떠나고 있다."
ジェントリフィケーション
Transliteration: jentorifikēshon
"ジェントリフィケーションにより地価が急騰している。"
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