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ghettoise

ghettoise is the alternative spelling of ghettoize.

Meaning of ghettoize

Verb

ghettoize (third-person singular simple present ghettoizes, present participle ghettoizing, simple past and past participle ghettoized)

  1. (transitive) To put (someone) in a ghetto, or to isolate as if in a ghetto.
  2. (transitive) To make (a place) into a ghetto, or to add the characteristics of a ghetto.
    • 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."1982 December 4, Sharon Page, “R2N2 Conference: Revitalizing the Movement”, in Gay Community News, volume 10, number 20, page 3

Forms of ghettoise

third-person singular presentghettoises
present participleghettoising
past participleghettoised
pastghettoised

Questions about ghettoise

What is ghettoise the alternative spelling of?
Ghettoise is the alternative spelling of ghettoize.

Words near ghettoise in the dictionary

  1. ghettoes
  2. ghettoest
  3. ghettofabulous
  4. ghettoing
  5. ghettoisation
  6. ghettoise
  7. ghettoised
  8. ghettoises
  9. ghettoish
  10. ghettoising
  11. ghettoism

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