mallification

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noun

Transformation into a shopping mall.

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Meanings

nounmallification (plural mallifications)

plural mallifications

  1. Transformation into a shopping mall.

    This is the old Fulton Street Mall in twilight, a chaotic throwback to the era before the sanitization and, yes, mallification of New York City's retail districts.

    2007 December 23, Andy Newman, “Brooklyn Mall Is Oasis and Anomaly”, in New York Times

Origin

From mall + -ification.

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Cite this entry
APA

mallification. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallification

MLA

“mallification.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallification. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mallification,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mallification.

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