ghetto
noun
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ghet·to | \ ˈge-(ˌ)tō \
plural ghettos also ghettoes
Definition of ghetto
(Entry 1 of 3)
1
: a quarter of a city in which Jews were formerly required to live
2
: a quarter of a city in which members of a minority group live especially because of social, legal, or economic pressure
3a
: an isolated groupa geriatric ghetto
b
: a situation that resembles a ghetto especially in conferring inferior status or limiting opportunitythe pink-collar ghetto
ghetto
adjective
Definition of
ghetto (Entry 2 of 3)
often disparaging
: of, relating to, being, or characteristic of a ghetto (see
GHETTO entry 1 sense 2) or the people who live thereghetto youth/musicghetto neighborhoodsFeatures that, according to [El] Jones, are often shamed and seen as "ugly, ghetto, or unprofessional" when on Black people, but suddenly become desirable and attractive when on a white person.—
CBC Kids NewsAnd lest anyone think graffiti itself is dead … the memorial walls are the latest outburst and refinement of ghetto art springing up in Brooklyn, the Bronx, and beyond.— David Gonzalez… the many social and cultural factors that went into the creation of a permanent class of ghetto poor, unable to move into the mainstream.— Jonathan Alter
