English Explanatory Dictionary

ghettoization

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
  2. 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.

Word forms

ghettoization ghettoizations ghettoisation

Etymology

From ghettoize + -ation.

Derived words

deghettoization
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