gentrified.

Changed by investment and more affluent newcomers in ways that reshape a previously lower-income area.

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Words that belong together

• gentrified neighborhood
• gentrified district
• heavily gentrified area

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The gentrified neighborhood kept its old name but lost many longtime tenants.

In the gentrified district, the repair shop became a boutique.

She appreciated the new services while fearing what a gentrified address would cost.

Usage notes

Primary category: setting. Often linked to higher rents and displacement, but those outcomes should be established rather than assumed in every case. Describes social-economic transformation, not merely repaired buildings. Adjective, invariant for number; comparative: more gentrified; superlative: most gentrified. Gentrification is a separately derived noun. Participial source verb [base, third-person present, past, past participle, -ing]: gentrify, gentrifies, gentrified, gentrified, gentrifying. Record these as same-lexeme form aliases, not additional vocabulary entries.