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- French · calque ofbruxellisation
- English todayBrusselization
From Brussels + -ization (possibly a calque of French bruxellisation), in reference to the uncontrolled development of Brussels in the 1960s and 1970s, that resulted from a lack of zoning regulations and the city authorities' laissez-faire approach to city planning.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.