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ghettoization

 [get-oh-ahyz]  

ghet·to·ize

   [get-oh-ahyz]
verb (used with object), verb (used without object), -ized, -iz·ing.
to place or collect in a ghetto: New immigrants still tended to ghettoize in the cities.
Also, especially British, ghet·to·ise.

Origin:
1935–40; ghetto + -ize

Related forms
ghet·to·i·za·tion, noun
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ghettoize or ghettoise (ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz)
 
—vb
(tr) to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category: to ghettoize women as housewives
 
ghettoise or ghettoise
 
—vb
 
ghettoi'zation or ghettoise
 
—n
 
ghettoi'sation or ghettoise
 
—n

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