Meanings
nounHaussmannization (plural Haussmannizations)
plural Haussmannizations
- The creative destruction of something for the betterment of society.
In second place, the Haussmannization or evisceration of the central quarters of numerous European cities did not solve the problem of mass housing or provide for the kind of egalitarian distribution of urban resources CIAM proposed.
1989, James Holston, chapter 2, in The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasilia, University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 48
Origin
From Haussmann + -ization, after Baron Haussmann.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French haussmannisation
- haussmannisationthe creative destruction of something for the betterment of society
Cite this entry
APA
Haussmannization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haussmannization
MLA
“Haussmannization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haussmannization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Haussmannization,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Haussmannization.
Source: Haussmannization on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.