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Definitions:
Noun
gentrification
Definition: the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)
Definition: The renewal and rebuilding that accompanies the influx of middle class or affluent people into deteriorating areas and often displaces earlier, usually poorer, residents; any example of such a process.