ghettoization

Definitions

1. The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
   countable, uncountable
2. 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.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“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.”

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