Unscramble

g 2 e 1 n 1 t 1 r 1 i 1 f 4 i 1 c 3 a 1 t 1 i 1 o 1 n 1

14 letters · 20 points in Scrabble

Meaning

noun the restoration of run-down urban areas by the middle class (resulting in the displacement of low-income residents)

originFrom gentry + -ification, after gentrify. Coined by German-born British sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0

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