ghettoization

English

Alternative forms

• ghettoisation (mostly UK)

Etymology

ghettoize +‎ -ation

Noun

ghettoization (countable and uncountable, plural ghettoizations)

1. The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
   • 1988 January 15, Ben Joravsky, “A strip mall in Edgewater: class warfare, or small-time tiff?”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     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.

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.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: guetització (ca) f
• French: ghettoïsation (fr) f
• Polish: gettoizacja (pl) f
• Swedish: gettoisering (sv) c