ghettoize
[ get-oh-ahyz ]
verb (used with or without object),ghet·to·ized, ghet·to·iz·ing.
to place or collect in a ghetto: New immigrants still tended to ghettoize in the cities.
Origin of ghettoize
1- Also especially British, ghet·to·ise .
Other words from ghettoize
- ghet·to·i·za·tion, noun
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British Dictionary definitions for ghettoize
ghettoize
ghettoise
/ (ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz) /
verb
(tr) to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category: to ghettoize women as housewives
Derived forms of ghettoize
- ghettoization or ghettoisation, noun
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