Definisjon av ghetto

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Noun

ghetto - formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"
quarter clemency or mercy shown to a defeated opponent; "he surrendered but asked for quarter"
ghetto - a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
ghetto - any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping; "the relative security of the gay ghetto"; "no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"
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Substantiv

ghetto - An often walled area of a city in which Jews are concentrated by force and law.
ghetto - An often impoverished area of a city inhabited predominantly by members of a specific nationality, ethnicity or race.
ghetto - An area in which people who are distinguished by sharing something other than ethnicity concentrate or are concentrated.

Verb

ghetto - To confine a specified group of people to a ghetto.

Adjektiv

ghetto - Of or relating to a ghetto or to ghettos in general.
ghetto - Unseemly and indecorous or of low quality; cheap; shabby, crude.
ghetto - Characteristic of the style, speech, or behavior of residents of a predominantly black or other ghetto in the United States.
ghetto - Having been raised in a ghetto in the United States.

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  • Ghetto was originally used in Venice to describe the area where Jews were compelled to live. A ghetto is now described as an overcrowded urban area often associated with a specific ethnic or racial population; especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure.

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  • Flertall: ghettoes

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