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Ghettoize

//ˈɡɛtoʊaɪz// verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto. transitive
  2. 2
    put in a ghetto wordnet
  3. 3
    To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto. transitive

    "Liberation includes the full range of sexual, social, racial and economic relations with the goal of empowering lesbianism as a valuable, legitimate choice for all women, not settling for a tolerance of ghettoized "deviant lifestyles.""

Etymology

From ghetto + -ize.

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