English Explanatory Dictionary

Haussmannize

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To destroy the old in order to build the new (in the manner of Baron Haussmann's rebuilding of Paris).

Word forms

Haussmannize Haussmannizes Haussmannizing Haussmannized

Etymology

From Haussmann + -ize.

Derived words

Haussmannization
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