Definition of ghetto

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Definition of ghetto

  • any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping (noun)

    Examples

    1. the relative security of the gay ghetto
    2. no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool
  • a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions (noun)
  • formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live (noun)

    Examples

    1. the Warsaw ghetto

See definition of ghetto in Merriam Webster