🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

जनत्रीकरण

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gentrification

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Gentrification/ˌdʒɛntrɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"शहरी जनत्रीकरण के कारण पुराने निवासी विस्थापित हो रहे हैं।"

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As noun
  1. 1

    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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