Deghettoize

verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream. transitive

    "Wherever they turned there were agencies that moved to deghettoize them, secularize them, enlighten them."

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"Wherever they turned there were agencies that moved to deghettoize them, secularize them, enlighten them."

Etymology

From de- + ghettoize.

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