Deghettoize
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Deghettoize is a verb meaning (transitive) To remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream.
Meaning
(transitive) To remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream.
Example Sentences
Wherever they turned there were agencies that moved to deghettoize them, secularize them, enlighten them.
It is not enough to suggest that our theoretical analyses are working in the service of calling attention to these students' marginalized positions or deghettoizing them.
Word Forms
- deghettoizes
- deghettoizing
- deghettoized
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include deurbanize, demarginalize, dehellenize, deniggerize, de-bourgeoisify, dehegemonize.
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