ghettoize
Isolate into enclaves
To ghettoize is to confine a group to a ghetto or ghetto-like conditions, whether literally or figuratively.
The word often describes institutional practices that segregate or marginalize: Housing policies ghettoized Black families for decades.
It extends to any systematic isolation: The curriculum ghettoizes women's literature into a single elective course.
The word implies not just separation but relegation to inferior status.
Editorial revision marking
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- balkanizeDivide into hostile units
- cordonEncircling line restricting access
enclave · isolate · quarantine · zone · silo · restrict · subdivide · stratify
Exclude from a group
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
- disenfranchiseRevoke civic participation rights
- alienateCause emotional distance
- stigmatizeMark with dishonor
relegate · exclude · discriminate · disempower · silence · neglect · overlook · devalue
Residential area nearby
- blockSolid mass, or impede
- districtBounded administrative area
- zoningSectioning areas by use
- housingDwellings or protective covering
project · inner-city · borough · tenement · highrise · redevelopment · gentrification · blockbusting
Extremely lacking in money
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- underclassLowest socioeconomic group
- deprivationState of lacking necessities
squalor · hardship · disadvantaged · blight · disinvestment · decay · neglect · overcrowding
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Editorial revision marking
- partitionBarrier separating spaces
- apartheidRacial separation policy
- balkanizeDivide into hostile units
cordon · enclave · isolate · quarantine · zone · silo · restrict · subdivide · stratify · separate
ostracize
Exclude from a group
- sidelineSecondary business pursuit
- disenfranchiseRevoke civic participation rights
- alienateCause emotional distance
stigmatize · relegate · exclude · discriminate · disempower · silence · neglect · overlook · devalue · diminish
neighborhood
Residential area nearby
housing · project · inner-city · borough · tenement · highrise · redevelopment · gentrification · blockbusting · blight
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- slumsImpoverished, crowded districts
- tenementMulti-unit urban dwelling
- underclassLowest socioeconomic group
deprivation · squalor · hardship · disadvantaged · blight · disinvestment · decay · neglect · overcrowding · substandard
ghettoizeintegrate
Combine into unified whole
mainstream · assimilate · include · incorporate · desegregate
ghettoization, ghettoized, ghettoizes, ghettoizing, ghettoised