slummification

Etymology

From slum + -ification.

slummification means The process of an area or neighborhood becoming a slum. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 97 out of 100.

noun

The process of an area or neighborhood becoming a slum.“There is an amusing side to this terrible threat to the countryside. So long as the uglification and slummification of England was confined to the industrial centres, few of the really best people troubled themselves.”