ghettoize
verb (used with or without object)
to place or collect in a ghetto.
ghettoization
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a word derived from
ghettoize.
Example Sentences
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Though some literary professionals expressed fears of ghettoization, many welcome these new entities as necessary to fight bias, foster new writers and serve readers of Jewish and Israeli books across borders.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026
Aren’t you—by calling yourself queer, by calling your book a queer book—complicit in your own ghettoization?
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2016
What have we chosen instead, as a nation struggling to overcome a legacy of slavery, segregation and ghettoization?
From Washington Post ● Mar. 18, 2016
This lack of contextualization, in conjunction with the apparent reluctance of most video-game publishers to promote their own heritage, has led to the ghettoization of older games.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 11, 2015
Tension rose still further over the next few months as a routine decision about the placement of new public housing escalated into a battle over ghettoization.
From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson
