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.

ghettoize

/ ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz /

verb

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

   to ghettoize women as housewives

Derived Forms

• ˌghettoiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• ghetto·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghettoize¹

First recorded in 1935–40; ghetto + -ize