"slummification" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From slum + -ification. Etymology templates: {{af|en|slum|-ification}} slum + -ification Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} slummification (uncountable)
  1. The process of an area or neighborhood becoming a slum. Tags: uncountable Translations (the process of a neighborhood becoming a slum): favelização [feminine] (Portuguese), favelización [feminine] (Spanish)
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          "text": "“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.”",
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