degentrification
nounEtymology From de- + gentrification.
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The reverse process of gentrification, such that a residential area previously only affordable to affluent people becomes affordable to those who are poorer.
- Prophesies of degentrification appear to have been overstated as many neighborhoods continue to gentrify while others, further from the city center begin to experience the process for the first time.2013, Loretta Lees, Tom Slater, Elvin Wyly, Gentrification: