Definitions
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- noun The creative destruction of something for the
betterment of society.
Etymologies
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from Baron Haussmann
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Examples
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It's interesting to think about Algerian colonial architecture in conjunction with the "Haussmannization" project that was completed in Paris only about thirty years before.
French Colonial Architecture in Algiers Hels 2009
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'Haussmannization' revived, consciously or unconsciously, an old arrangement.
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