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Definition of yuppify verb from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

yuppify

verb

NAmE//ˈyʌpəˌfaɪ//

[often passive] yuppify something (informal) (disapproving)Verb Forms present simple I / you / we / they yuppify

he / she / it yuppifies

past simple yuppified

-ing form yuppifying

to make something such as an area of a city more expensive and fashionable, and attractive to yuppies a yuppified area of Brooklyn

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yuppification

NAmE//ˌyʌpəfəˈkeɪʃn//

noun [uncountable]See yuppify in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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