studentification

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English student
Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-der.
Proto-Italic *θakos
Proto-Italic *-fakos
Latin -ficus
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂
Proto-Indo-European *-yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.
Proto-Italic *-ājō
Proto-Italic *-āō
Latin -ō
Latin -ficō
Proto-Indo-European *-tós
Proto-Indo-European *-is
Proto-Indo-European *-tis
Proto-Indo-European *-Hō
Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō
Proto-Italic *-tiō
Latin -tiō
Latin -ficātiō
Old French -ificationbor.
Middle English -ificacioun
English -ification
English studentification

    From student + -ification. Coined by geographer Darren P. Smith in 2002, with reference to Leeds, England.

    Noun

    studentification (countable and uncountable, plural studentifications)

    1. The changes caused by a large population of students moving into an area.
      • [2026 August 15, Alexandra Goss, “The end of an era?”, in FT Weekend (House & Home section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 1:
        Areas around universities have long been transformed by their students, through a process Darren Smith, professor of geography at Loughborough University, has termed “studentification”.]

    Synonyms

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