hyperghetto

noun

hyperghetto

noun

Etymology Coined by Loïc Wacquant. From hyper- + ghetto.

1

Human sciences, Sciences, Social science, Sociology a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata

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