yuppificationn.

Brit.

/ˌjʌpᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌjəpəfəˈkeɪʃən/

Forms: yuppiefication

Etymology: < yuppie n. + -fication suffix; compare gentrification n.

colloquial (originally U.S.). Also .

The action or process by which an area, building, clothing, etc., becomes or is rendered characteristic of or suitable for yuppies. (Usually disparaging.)

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > professional class > young professional > characteristic of

yuppification1984

1984 Time 9 Jan. 66 Some signs of imminent Yupification [sic]: forced relocation of candy stores and laundromats, the proliferation of gourmet-food stores, [etc.].

1985 Los Angeles Times 10 Mar. 76/5 The association with three Japanese masters brings conflicting thoughts. There are still places for the loner artist to escape ‘yuppification’.

1987 Independent 17 Sept. 18/2 What Dickens is describing, I suddenly realised, is yuppification. The trendies were moving in.

1987 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 9/3 At a pre-conference meeting of Labour's National Executive, Left-wing critics such as Dennis Skinner scornfully dismissed what they describe as the ‘Yuppiefication’ of the party.

1988 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Feb. 23/1 In some ways the change reflects a trend—‘yuppification’ or ‘gentrification’ which is transforming many inner cities in the West.

Derivatives

ˈyuppify v. transitive, to subject to yuppification.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > bourgeois [verb (transitive)] > subject to yuppification

yuppify1984

1984 Listener 8 Mar. 27/1 They get into a district before anyone else and really yuppify it.

1986 Daily News (N.Y.) 23 May 41/1 Betty gets (shudder) yuppified.

1987 Observer 16 Aug. 3/4 Their ‘bashers’ (shacks) will be forcibly removed by police to make way for developers who want to ‘yuppify’ the Charing Cross area.

ˈyuppified adj.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > young professional > subjected to yuppification

yuppified1984

1984 Adweek (U.S.) 17 Dec. 42/2 The marketer's never-never land between the 12-to-18-year-old MTV set and the yuppified Rolling Stone audience.

1985 Washington Post 13 Feb. b4/1 A yuppified suit that converts to something sexier for after-hours wear.

1987 Listener 24 Sept. 38/2 The dramatist sketches a new breed of yuppified ‘social managers’, obsessed with image-building and politicking to the exclusion of..justice.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	yuppification
释义	yuppificationn. Brit. /ˌjʌpᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌjəpəfəˈkeɪʃən/ Forms: yuppiefication Etymology: < yuppie n. + -fication suffix; compare gentrification n. colloquial (originally U.S.). Also . The action or process by which an area, building, clothing, etc., becomes or is rendered characteristic of or suitable for yuppies. (Usually disparaging.) ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [noun] > professional class > young professional > characteristic of yuppification1984 1984 Time 9 Jan. 66 Some signs of imminent Yupification [sic]: forced relocation of candy stores and laundromats, the proliferation of gourmet-food stores, [etc.]. 1985 Los Angeles Times 10 Mar. 76/5 The association with three Japanese masters brings conflicting thoughts. There are still places for the loner artist to escape ‘yuppification’. 1987 Independent 17 Sept. 18/2 What Dickens is describing, I suddenly realised, is yuppification. The trendies were moving in. 1987 Daily Tel. 26 Sept. 9/3 At a pre-conference meeting of Labour's National Executive, Left-wing critics such as Dennis Skinner scornfully dismissed what they describe as the ‘Yuppiefication’ of the party. 1988 Christian Sci. Monitor 4 Feb. 23/1 In some ways the change reflects a trend—‘yuppification’ or ‘gentrification’ which is transforming many inner cities in the West. Derivatives ˈyuppify v. transitive, to subject to yuppification. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > bourgeois [verb (transitive)] > subject to yuppification yuppify1984 1984 Listener 8 Mar. 27/1 They get into a district before anyone else and really yuppify it. 1986 Daily News (N.Y.) 23 May 41/1 Betty gets (shudder) yuppified. 1987 Observer 16 Aug. 3/4 Their ‘bashers’ (shacks) will be forcibly removed by police to make way for developers who want to ‘yuppify’ the Charing Cross area. ˈyuppified adj. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > specific classes of common people > [adjective] > young professional > subjected to yuppification yuppified1984 1984 Adweek (U.S.) 17 Dec. 42/2 The marketer's never-never land between the 12-to-18-year-old MTV set and the yuppified Rolling Stone audience. 1985 Washington Post 13 Feb. b4/1 A yuppified suit that converts to something sexier for after-hours wear. 1987 Listener 24 Sept. 38/2 The dramatist sketches a new breed of yuppified ‘social managers’, obsessed with image-building and politicking to the exclusion of..justice. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1989; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1984
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