ghettoization

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13

Definition of ghettoization

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
    “It's all part of a move toward ghettoization, they charge, an attempt to make the poor feel so shamefully unwanted that they will leave the area.”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
    “It's all part of a move toward ghettoization, they charge, an attempt to make the poor feel so shamefully unwanted that they will leave the area.”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The process of ghettoizing (a group): the segregation/isolation of a group and placement of that group into a figurative or literal position of little power.

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Etymology

From ghettoize + -ation.

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