ghettoize
verbUS /ˈɡɛtoʊaɪz/
Etymology From ghetto + -ize.
1
To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.
2
To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto.
- 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."1982 December 4, Sharon Page, “R2N2 Conference: Revitalizing the Movement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 3:
- Derived terms
- deghettoize, ghettoization