ghettoized
past simple and past participle ofghettoize
ghettoize
verb[Toften passive]
(UKusuallyghettoise)uk/ˈɡet.əʊ.aɪz/us/ˈɡet̬.oʊ.aɪz/totreataparticulargroupinsocietyas if they are different from the otherpartsofsocietyand as iftheiractivitiesandinterestsare notimportantto otherpeople:
Feministwriters, sheclaimed, had been ghettoized,theirbooksplacedonseparateshelvesin theshops.
The TVcompanyisawareof thedangerof ghettoizingdisabilityissuesbyoffering"specialist"programmes.
Unfairness and favouring someone unfairly
- ableism
- ableist
- agism
- agist
- Anglocentric
- discriminate
- discrimination
- discriminatory
- elitism
- elitist
- one-sided
- one-sidedness
- one-way
- othering
- the old school tie
- two-tier
- unbalance
- unequal
- unequally
- uneven
Examplesofghettoized
ghettoized
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
Those who cannot afford either will beghettoizedand barred from lucrative employment worldwide.
From theCambridge English Corpus
Minority-language communities can becomeghettoizedwhen their members are unable or unwilling to master the majority language.
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In these cases, the argument for nation-building loses its force, since minority language speakers cannot be described asghettoizedif they choose to remain within their own linguistic communities.
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He asserts that political theory should not speak aghettoized, jargon-laden private, academic language; rather, it should inform public intellectual and political deliberation.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Organizers only allow rides to be organized in public areas for maximum outreach, not in established orghettoizedareas.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.They were not immediatelyghettoized.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.It was a world apart from the lower floors of the building, where the regular settlement house functions were carried out among the denizens of the surroundingghettoizedslum.
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