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English
Etymology
From ghetto + -ize.
Pronunciation
Verb
ghettoize (third-person singular simple present ghettoizes, present participle ghettoizing, simple past and past participle ghettoized)
- (transitive) To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.
- (transitive) To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto.
1982 December 4, Sharon Page, “R2N2 Conference: Revitalizing the Movement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 3:Liberation includes the full range of sexual, social, racial and economic relations with the goal of empowering lesbianism as a valuable, legitimate choice for all women, not settling for a tolerance of ghettoized "deviant lifestyles."
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