English

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Etymology

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From mall +‎ -ification.

Noun

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mallification (plural mallifications)

  1. Transformation into a shopping mall.
    • 2007 December 23, Andy Newman, “Brooklyn Mall Is Oasis and Anomaly”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.