gentrifiedadj.
/ˈdʒɛntrᵻfʌɪd/, U.S. /ˈdʒɛntrəˌfaɪd/ 1. Of a person, a way of life, etc.: made refined or more refined; improved in status, social standing, prestige, etc.
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1872 W. S. Phillippo Spirit of Age 8 It is all owing to the gentrified habits of farmers.
1930 Slavonic & East European Rev. 9 691 Two men of that generation..the landlord Tolstoy and the gentrified plebian Dostoyevsky concentrate most of the creative energy in literature.
2012 WA Business News (Austral.) (Nexis) 26 Jan. These gentrified individuals and their colleagues and hangers-on now dominate Labor's parliamentary wing.
2. Of housing: that has been renovated and improved by wealthier people moving into a poor urban area. Of an area: that has been changed by wealthier people moving in, improving housing, and attracting new businesses, typically displacing current inhabitants in the process.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > district in relation to human occupation > town as opposed to country > town or city > part of town or city > [adjective] > gentrifying > of area: gentrified
gentrified1973
1973 Times 8 Oct. 1/2 Champagne celebration as Camden council buys ‘gentrified’ flats.
1984 Listener 15 Mar. 34/1 Gather together a group of latter-day Bright Young Things just down from Oxford, congregate them in a communally shared, lavishly gentrified house in SW2.
2017 Independent (Nexis) 11 Nov. (Features section) 64 Trendy restaurants..in the heart of Shoreditch, one of east London's most gentrified districts.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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