Blockbusting
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Blockbusting is a noun meaning Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
Meaning
Having the characteristics of a blockbuster; hugely successful.
More Meanings
- (US) A technique used to encourage people to sell their property by giving the impression that a neighborhood is changing for the worse, especially by implying a change in its racial makeup.
Example Sentences
a blockbusting movie
Sonny W. Walker, another of the three black salesmen employed along with three whites by Concord Realty, 3524 Church Avenue, picked up the thread of Mr. Harris's bitter disclaimer that it took deliberate blockbusting—sometimes called panic redlining—to make whites move out of East Flatbush.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gangbusting, crimebusting, bust-out, tankbusting, bust, ghostbusting.
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