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TOPIK 5noun

젠트리피케이션

jenteuripikeisyeon

젠트리피케이션이 · 젠트리피케이션을

gentrification

Example

젠트리피케이션 때문에 오래된 가게들이 동네를 떠나고 있어요.

Because of gentrification, long-standing shops are leaving the neighborhood.

Word parts

From English 'gentrification'; in Korea it often means small shops pushed out by rising rents.