foodification
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An urban phenomenon and form of gentrification when a neighborhood’s businesses are aggressively displaced by tourist-oriented eateries or specialty food halls.
Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "foodification has accelerated the transformation of Florence's historic centre into a tourist-oriented retail space"
- "Foodification is influenced by broader forces, including gentrification, but is also affected by factors particular to this neighborhood. These include Jewish heritage tourism; religious dietary laws; and a growing curiosity about hyper-local food, such as cucina ebraico-romanesca (Jewish-Roman cuisine) [...] although foodification is often connected to gentrification and tourism, it should be distinguished from these phenomena."
- "It can be argued that in specific areas of Naples, particularly within the historic city center, there is an ongoing process of foodification, accompanied by the aforementioned socio-spatial consequences. However, the Neapolitan manifestation of foodification is distinct from the food gentrification processes observed in the Anglo-Saxon world."