Definition of Ghettoize

1. Verb. Put in a ghetto. "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized"

Exact synonyms: Ghettoise
Generic synonyms: Insulate, Isolate
Derivative terms: Ghetto

Definition of Ghettoize

1. Verb. (transitive) To put someone in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto. ¹

2. Verb. (transitive) To make a place into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Ghettoize

1. [v -IZED, -IZING, -IZES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ghettoize

ghetto blasters
ghetto fabulous
ghetto fence
ghetto lottery
ghettoed
ghettoes
ghettoing
ghettoisation
ghettoise
ghettoised
ghettoises
ghettoising
ghettoization
ghettoizations
ghettoize (current term)
ghettoized
ghettoizes
ghettoizing
ghettos
ghey
ghi
ghibli
ghiblis
ghilgai
ghilgais
ghillie
ghillie suit
ghillied
ghillies

Literary usage of Ghettoize

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. All in a Life-time by Henry Morgenthau, French Strother (1922)
"... not only ghettoize the Jews, but, and here his real objection revealed itself, they were repugnant because forced upon the country from the outside. ..."

2. OSCE Meeting on Human Dimension Issues (1997) edited by Michael R. Hathaway (1998)
"... to ghettoize an issue that is, in fact, central to much of the work that we do in the OSCE and could actually create a procedural barrier that would ..."

3. Research for Development in the Middle East and North Africa by Eglal Rached, Dina Craissati (2000)
"Research in Egypt has shown that impossible land registration requirements both ghettoize the poor and exclude them 17 Interview with Nasri Haddad, ICARDA, ..."

4. Ethics and the Internet in West Africa: Toward an Ethical Model of Integration by Patrick J. Brunet, Oumarou Tiemtoré, Marie-Claude Vettraino-Soulard (2004)
"... and the associated danger that we may neglect or ghettoize the real world; • Conflict between law and a legal vacuum, considering both the sacrosanct ..."

5. Racial and Ethnic Tensions in American Communities: Poverty, Inequality and edited by Mary Frances Berry (2000)
"You know, what we have done is we have proven we can ghettoize the entire State of California. You know, I am from Cleveland, Ohio, originally. ..."

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