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

But until the American experiment, Jews in the diaspora were marginalized, ghettoized, persecuted and eventually converted, exiled or killed.

From Washington Post

No one was ghettoized by age or experience.

From Los Angeles Times

"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

“We have all been so ghettoized by all of these sites,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

The result, as he sees it, is discrimination that is religious and social: the inferior schools in ghettoized neighborhoods on the outskirts of big cities mean Muslim children have fewer chances.

From New York Times