Meanings
- uncountableurban studiesIn Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela.
1 more example
The distinctive urbanization pattern—namely the increased process of favelization and villa construction on steep, accentuated slopes and the clearance and subdivision of land parcels in formerly densely forested areas by the private sector—has inflicted the most significant environmental degradation problems.
2000 April, Conor G. Smyth, Stephen A. Royle, “Urban landslide hazards: incidence and causative factors in Niterói, Rio de Janeiro State, Brazil”, in Applied Geography, volume 20, number 2, →DOI, page 104
Origin
- Brazilian Portuguesefavelização
- Englishfavelization
Borrowed from Brazilian Portuguese favelização. By surface analysis, favela + -ization.
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Portuguese favelização
- favelizaçãoin Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela
Spanish favelización
- favelizaciónin Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela
Swahili mchakato wa kuongezeka kwa uswahilini
- mchakato wa kuongezeka kwa uswahiliniin Brazil, the process of an area or neighborhood becoming a favela
Cite this entry
favelization. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favelization
“favelization.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/favelization. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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