Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

theme parking

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.24 in modern English

Syllables: the-me -park-ing
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The transformation into something resembling a theme park.

Derogatory; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"But Broadway's economic survival would be a Pyrrhic victory of sorts if artistic invention is slowly leached out in an attempt to make the Great White Way a New York outpost of the theme park–ing of America."
"“Theme parking” is also an accusation leveled against many recent urban development schemes as well as the creation of new private public spaces (such as malls)."
"Architecture and urban design can also function as critical artistic practices that allow us to capture something more elusive than what is represented by notions such as the theme-parking of cities."

Etymology

From theme park + -ing.

Usage

Inflected Forms

theme-parking (alternative)

Synonyms

Disneylandification

Questions

What does theme parking mean?: The transformation into something resembling a theme park.
Where does theme parking come from?: From theme park + -ing.

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