ghetto Meaning, Definition & Usage
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noun formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
- the Warsaw ghetto
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noun any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
- the relative security of the gay ghetto
- no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool
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noun a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
WordNet
Ghet"to noun
Etymology
It.Definitions
The Jews'quarter in an Italian town or city. I went to the Ghetto, where the Jews dwell. Evelyn.
2. by extension, any section of a town inhabited predominantly by members of a specific ethnic, national or racial group, such segregation usually arising from social or economic pressure. 3. (fig.) any isolated group of people. 4. (fig) any group isolated by external pressures, with an implication of inferiority. Ghettoize v.