Definitions
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- noun The
practice ofdemolishing smaller ,older houses in aneighbourhood andreplacing them with new ones thatoccupy themaximum amount oflot space possible anddwarf surrounding dwellings .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Folks in Beverly Hills are subject to significant design restrictions that are designed to fight "mansionization" sounds like a disease.
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He lambasted Solana Beach for fighting the "mansionization" of that coastal city.
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He lambasted Solana Beach for fighting the "mansionization" of that coastal city.
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Here in the USA we are trying to stop mansionization and stop building footprints from destroying natural features. wealthy people have a responsibility to protect natural features such as mountain ridges and other features of the natural landscape.
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The article insinuated that we are a divided community as to mansionization.
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I introduced him to Robert Hall, quoted in Mr. Lin's article, who is at this moment under the scrutiny of LA Building and Safety and the California Contractor's Licensing Board for violating the mansionization Interim Control Ordinance and for building more houses than is allowed without a General Contractor's License.
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Proud to agree with the homeowners against mansionization in Sunland-Tujunga.
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Sunland-Tujunga Neighborhood Council folks wrote the anti-mansionization measure that Wendy Greuel pushed through.
Size Matters 2006
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From the "Dirty Harry" movies of the 1970s through the eco-terrorism of the animal rights and anti-mansionization movements, the impulse to impose "justice" where the system fails to is not confined to one era or ideological extreme.
Politics :: The Atlantic Jared Keller 2010
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UD's own 'thesda, complains to a Washington Post reporter who's there to report on mansionization.
University Diaries 2008
whichbe commented on the word mansionization
(Wordspy, n.) The tearing down an existing house and replacing it with one that is bigger, especially one that is much larger than the surrounding houses.
June 3, 2008