ghettoize

UK: /ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz/ US: /ˈgɛtoʊˌaɪz/ ,(get′ō īz′)

Inflections of 'ghettoize' (v): (⇒ conjugate)

ghettoizes

v 3rd person singular (US & UK)

ghettoizing

v pres p (US & UK)

ghettoized

v past (US & UK)

ghettoized

v past p (US & UK)

WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025

ghet•to•ize /ˈgɛtoʊˌaɪz/   v. [~ + object] , -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to segregate in or as if in a ghetto.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

ghet•to•ize  (get′ō īz′), v.t., v.i., -ized, -iz•ing. 

1. to place or collect in a ghetto:
   New immigrants still tended to ghettoize in the cities.

Also,[esp. Brit.,] ghet′to•ise′. 

• ghetto + -ize 1935–40

ghet′to•i•za′tion, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::

ghettoize, ghettoise / ˈɡɛtəʊˌaɪz/ verb

1. (transitive) to confine or restrict to a particular area, activity, or category: to ghettoize computer hackers as troublemakers

ˌghettoiˈzation, ˌghettoiˈsation noun