Associations to the word «Gentrify»

Wiktionary

GENTRIFY, verb. (transitive) to renovate something, especially housing, to make it more appealing to the middle classes

Dictionary definition

GENTRIFY, verb. Renovate so as to make it conform to middle-class aspirations; "gentrify a row of old houses"; "gentrify the old center of town".

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley