renoviction

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/ˌɹɛn.əˈvɪk.ʃən/

noun

The eviction of all of a building's tenants on the grounds that a large-scale renovation is planned.

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Meanings

nounrenoviction (countable and uncountable, plural renovictions)

plural renovictions

  1. British ColumbiaQuebeccountableuncountableThe eviction of all of a building's tenants on the grounds that a large-scale renovation is planned.

    The city's blogs and online communities are filled with rants against so-called "renovictions," as landlords boot out long-time tenants to install hardwood floors and marble countertops in order to hike up rent or pay for things like security and safety upgrades.

    2011 September 14, Erica Alini, “Vancouver—the most livable city?”, in Maclean's

Origin

Blend of renovation + eviction.

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Translations

French rénoviction
  • rénovictionTranslations
Swedish renovräkning
  • renovräkningTranslations

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with renoviction

fictionjurisdictionaddictionrestrictionpredictionconvictionfrictioncontradictiondepictionevictionafflictiondictionconstrictionbenedictionderelictionmaledictionstictionstrictionabstrictionaffixionastrictioncondictionconflictioneffiction
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Cite this entry
APA

renoviction. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renoviction

MLA

“renoviction.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renoviction. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “renoviction,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/renoviction.

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