English Dictionary

Californication

名詞

アメリカ英語 軽蔑的 不可算名詞

(US, derogatory, urban studies) Large-scale development of land; urban sprawl. / The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

日本語の意味

（土地等の）大規模な開発や都市の拡大（スプロール現象） / カリフォルニア的価値観や文化（特にハリウッドやシリコンバレーに象徴されるもの）の普及

Many residents blame Californication for the loss of the town's character as farmland gives way to endless suburbs.

多くの住民は、大規模な土地開発が農地に代わって果てしない郊外が広がることで町の個性を失わせたと非難している。

意味（1）

(US, derogatory, urban studies) Large-scale development of land; urban sprawl.

Thirty years ago, voters in Portland, Ore., adopted strict growth limits to prevent “Californication” of their landscape. Circumscribed by the nation's first “urban growth boundary,” the Portland region made itself an artificial island on the land with the explicit goal of not becoming another L.A.

意味（2）

The adoption of practices and beliefs associated with California, in particular Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

A teenage bride with a baby inside getting high on information / And buy me a star on the boulevard, it's Californication