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Meaning of slummification | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

The process of an area or neighborhood becoming a slum.

uncountable

Equivalents

Español favelización
Português favelização

Examples

“There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves.”
““In its place, I ordain, an equivalent graduated tax will be levied for the benefit of the Third World countries. But not to build ungainly factories with. Certainly not! Priority will be given to agricultural development projects that will stop the flight from the land and the slummification of the cities.””

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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