ghettoize

[ get-oh-ahyz ]

verb (used with or without object)

, ghet·to·ized, ghet·to·iz·ing.

1. to place or collect in a ghetto:

   New immigrants still tended to ghettoize in the cities.

ghettoize

/ ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz /

verb

1. tr to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category

   to ghettoize women as housewives

Derived Forms

• ˌghettoiˈzation, noun

Other Words From

• ghetto·i·zation noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of ghettoize¹

First recorded in 1935–40; ghetto + -ize

Example Sentences

In his memoir, Epps writes about “the dark secret of American theater,” describing the “ghettoizing of artists of color in our supposedly highly evolved, liberal and openminded field.”

From Los Angeles Times

I did not want to be ghettoized into writing about war for the rest of my life.

From Salon

The social spiral in ghettoized neighborhoods hasn’t been quite that dire — but then, Anthony hardly needs to underline the connection.

From New York Times

But until the American experiment, Jews in the diaspora were marginalized, ghettoized, persecuted and eventually converted, exiled or killed.

From Washington Post

No one was ghettoized by age or experience.

From Los Angeles Times