Ghettoization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ghettoization is a noun meaning The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
Meaning
The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
More Meanings
- The process of ghettoizing (a group): the segregation/isolation of a group and placement of that group into a figurative or literal position of little power.
Example Sentences
It's all part of a move toward ghettoization, they charge, an attempt to make the poor feel so shamefully unwanted that they will leave the area.
Word Forms
- ghettoizations
- ghettoisation
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ghettoisation, ghettoism, ghetto, hyperghetto, gothification, ghettoblaster.
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