ghettoize

American  

[get-oh-ahyz] / ˈgɛt oʊˌaɪz /

especially British, ghettoise

verb (used with or without object)

ghettoized, ghettoizing

1. to place or collect in a ghetto.

   New immigrants still tended to ghettoize in the cities.

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ghettoize British  

/ ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category

   to ghettoize women as housewives

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Other Word Forms

• ghettoization noun

Etymology

Origin of ghettoize

First recorded in 1935–40; ghetto + -ize

Example Sentences

"Whenever we were tempted to absorb the other, we were tearing down instead of building up. Or when we tried to ghettoize others instead of including them," the pope said.

From Reuters • Sep. 12, 2021

There’s no reason to ghettoize awards that go to the people who have contributed the most to the industry over the course of their entire lifetime and lots of reasons not to.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2019

But by 2014, it has no relation to how commodities like MP3s actually circulate in transnational culture and it only really serves to ghettoize non-Anglophone artists who deserve more critical and commercial attention.

From Slate • Dec. 17, 2014

Not that Sylvia Plath needs the help, although her status as the archetypal Wronged Woman has managed both to canonize and to ghettoize her.

From New York Times • Oct. 27, 2010

The creation of a new category of educational fare, moreover, may simply ghettoize such programming and turn kids off.

From Time Magazine Archive