GHETTO





Definition:

  1. [noun] formerly the restricted quarter of many European cities in which Jews were required to live; "the Warsaw ghetto"

  2. [noun] 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"

  3. [noun] a poor densely populated city district occupied by a minority ethnic group linked together by economic hardship and social restrictions

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