gated community
English
editNoun
editgated community (plural gated communities)
- A residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post.
- Synonym: walled community
- 2008, Sarah Blandy, “Secession or cohesion? Exploring the impact of gated communities”, in John Flint, David Robinson, editors, Community Cohesion in Crisis?: New Dimensions of Diversity and Difference, Policy Press, →ISBN, page 239:
- In physical terms, a gated community is a walled or fenced housing development to which public access is restricted and often guarded using CCTV and/or security personnel.
- (by extension) Anything exclusive having restricted access.
- 2023 November 6, Eliza Shapiro, “Inside the Private World the Richest New Yorkers Built for Themselves”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Everyday life is increasingly unaffordable for most New Yorkers, but a new class of private, members-only and concierge services is emerging as a kind of gated community within the city.
Translations
edita residential area with restricted access, such as by a locked gate or guard post
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See also
editDanish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English gated community.
Noun
editgated community n (indefinite plural gated communities)