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hyperghetto

hyperghetto noun: a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata.

Noun

hyperghetto (plural hyperghettos or hyperghettoes)

  1. a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata

Forms of hyperghetto

pluralhyperghettos
pluralhyperghettoes

Origin of hyperghetto

Coined by Loïc Wacquant. From hyper- + ghetto.

Questions about hyperghetto

What does hyperghetto mean?
Hyperghetto means a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata.
What part of speech is hyperghetto?
Hyperghetto is a noun.
What is the plural of hyperghetto?
The plural of hyperghetto is hyperghettos.

Words near hyperghetto in the dictionary

  1. hypergeometry
  2. hypergeusia
  3. hypergeusias
  4. hypergeusic
  5. hypergeustia
  6. hyperghetto
  7. hyperghettoes
  8. hyperghettos
  9. hyperghrelinemia
  10. hypergiant
  11. hypergiants

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