ghettoize

[ get-oh-ahyz ]

verb (used with or without object),ghet·to·ized, ghet·to·iz·ing.
  1. to place or collect in a ghetto: New immigrants still tended to ghettoize in the cities.

Origin of ghettoize

1
First recorded in 1935–40; ghetto + -ize
  • Also especially British, ghet·to·ise .

Other words from ghettoize

  • ghet·to·i·za·tion, noun

Words Nearby ghettoize

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British Dictionary definitions for ghettoize

ghettoize

ghettoise

/ (ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz) /


verb
  1. (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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