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   Gen·tri·fi·ca·tion

   /ˌjentrəfəˈkāSHən/

   

   noun

   • 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: "an area undergoing rapid gentrification"
   • ▪ the process of making someone or something more refined, polite, or respectable: "soccer has undergone gentrification"

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