Slumism
noun
1.
the prevalence or increase of urban slums and blighted areas.
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- Slummer
noun 1. Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people. 2. any squalid, run-down place to live. verb (used without object), slummed, slumming. 3. to visit slums, especially from curiosity. 4. to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status. […]
- Slumming
noun 1. Often, slums. a thickly populated, run-down, squalid part of a city, inhabited by poor people. 2. any squalid, run-down place to live. verb (used without object), slummed, slumming. 3. to visit slums, especially from curiosity. 4. to visit or frequent a place, group, or amusement spot considered to be low in social status. […]
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adjective, slummier, slummiest. 1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a slum: a slummy part of town. slum 2
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verb (used without object) 1. to drop or fall heavily; collapse: Suddenly she slumped to the floor. 2. to assume a slouching, bowed, or bent position or posture: Stand up straight and don’t slump! 3. to decrease or fall suddenly and markedly, as prices or the market. 4. to decline or deteriorate, as health, business, […]