ghetto, n.
(ghettos)
freq. cnt. 5
(ghettos)
freq. cnt. 5
formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live
<noun.location> freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 5
ghetto
sample sentences
"the Warsaw ghetto"
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a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions
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ghetto
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any segregated mode of living or working that results from bias or stereotyping
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ghetto
sample sentences
"the relative security of the gay ghetto""no escape from the ghetto of the typing pool"
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