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Meaning of ghettoization | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

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

Français ghettoïsation
Polski gettoizacja
Svenska gettoisering

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.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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