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(sociology) a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata.
Use hyperghetto when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Hyperghetto means (sociology) a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata.
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Use hyperghetto where its definition matches the intended context.
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