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Haussmannization
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English
Etymology
From en Haussmann ization, after Baron Haussmann.
Pronunciation
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Noun
The creative destruction of something for the betterment of society.
en James Holston 2 The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasilia University of Chicago Press 1989 9780226349794 48 In second place, the Haussmannization or evisceration of the central quarters of numerous European cities did not solve the problem of mass housing or provide for the kind of egalitarian distribution of urban resources CIAM proposed.
Translations
the creative destruction of something for the betterment of society
French: fr haussmannisation f
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