ghettoization
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Definition of ghettoization
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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(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
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(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.”
- (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.
Words you can make from ghettoization
200+ playable · top: THIAZINE (20 pts)
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22 words- HOATZIN 19 pts
- THIAZIN 19 pts
- AGONIZE 17 pts
- TZIGANE 17 pts
- ENTOZOA 16 pts
- OZONATE 16 pts
- GAHNITE 11 pts
- GOTHITE 11 pts
- HATTING 11 pts
- HEATING 11 pts
- HITTING 11 pts
- HOOTING 11 pts
- HOTTING 11 pts
- NIGHTIE 11 pts
- THINGIE 11 pts
- TIGHTEN 11 pts
- TITHING 11 pts
- TONIGHT 11 pts
- TATTING 8 pts
- TOITING 8 pts
- TOOTING 8 pts
- TOTTING 8 pts
6-letter words
41 words- HAZING 19 pts
- ZENITH 18 pts
- AGNIZE 16 pts
- OOZING 16 pts
- IONIZE 15 pts
- ZEATIN 15 pts
- ZONATE 15 pts
- GHETTO 10 pts
- HAEING 10 pts
- HATING 10 pts
- HIEING 10 pts
- HOAGIE 10 pts
- HOEING 10 pts
- HOGTIE 10 pts
- OOHING 10 pts
- ETHION 9 pts
- HOTTIE 9 pts
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- NOOGIE 7 pts
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- TIEING 7 pts
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- ATTENT 6 pts
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- TATTOO 6 pts
- TITIAN 6 pts
- TITTIE 6 pts
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5-letter words
54 words- GHAZI 18 pts
- AZOTH 17 pts
- GAZOO 15 pts
- GONZO 15 pts
- AZINE 14 pts
- AZOTE 14 pts
- OZONE 14 pts
- ZONAE 14 pts
- AHING 9 pts
- EIGHT 9 pts
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- TOOTH 8 pts
- AGENT 6 pts
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- ATONE 5 pts
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- TAINT 5 pts
- TANTO 5 pts
- TENIA 5 pts
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4-letter words
76 words- HAZE 16 pts
- GAZE 14 pts
- AZON 13 pts
- NAZI 13 pts
- OOZE 13 pts
- GHAT 8 pts
- GOTH 8 pts
- HANG 8 pts
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- NIGH 8 pts
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- HAET 7 pts
- HANT 7 pts
- HATE 7 pts
- HEAT 7 pts
- HENT 7 pts
- HINT 7 pts
- HONE 7 pts
- HOOT 7 pts
- OATH 7 pts
- OHIA 7 pts
- TETH 7 pts
- THAE 7 pts
- THAN 7 pts
- THAT 7 pts
- THEN 7 pts
- THIN 7 pts
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- GATE 5 pts
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- TANG 5 pts
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- AEON 4 pts
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- NOTA 4 pts
- NOTE 4 pts
- ONTO 4 pts
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- TAIN 4 pts
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- TEAT 4 pts
- TEIN 4 pts
- TENT 4 pts
- TIAN 4 pts
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- TITI 4 pts
- TOEA 4 pts
- TOIT 4 pts
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