 ghetto |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (housing,geography) formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live | |
| Examples: | "the Warsaw ghetto" |
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| Related terms: | quarter residential_district ghettoize | |
| 2. | [ noun ] any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping | |
| Examples: | "the relative security of the gay ghetto" "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool" |
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| Related terms: | life | |
| 3. | [ noun ] (geography) a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions | |
| Related terms: | city_district | |
| Similar spelling: |
ghat ghatti |
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