What does ghettoize mean?

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ˈgɛt oʊˌaɪzghet·toize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ghettoize, ghettoiseverb

    put in a ghetto

    "The Jews in Eastern Europe were ghettoized"

GCIDE

  1. Ghettoizeverb

    to form into a ghetto; to isolate (people) as though into a ghetto.

Wiktionary

  1. ghettoizeverb

    To put someone in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.

  2. ghettoizeverb

    To make a place into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto.

ChatGPT

  1. ghettoize

    To ghettoize means to forcibly isolate or confine a certain group of people, typically due to racial, social, religious, or economic reasons, to a specific and often inferior or marginalized area or condition within a society. It is a process typically characterized by discrimination and segregation.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of ghettoize in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of ghettoize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7


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