Ghettoization

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area. countable, uncountable

    "It's all part of a move toward ghettoization, they charge, an attempt to make the poor feel so shamefully unwanted that they will leave the area."

  2. 2
    The process of ghettoizing (a group): the segregation/isolation of a group and placement of that group into a figurative or literal position of little power. countable, uncountable

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"It's all part of a move toward ghettoization, they charge, an attempt to make the poor feel so shamefully unwanted that they will leave the area."

Etymology

From ghettoize + -ation.

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