deghettoize

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verb

To remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream.

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Meanings

verbdeghettoize (third-person singular simple present deghettoizes, present participle deghettoizing, simple past and past participle deghettoized)

present singular third person deghettoizes · participle present deghettoizing · participle past deghettoized · past deghettoized

  1. transitiveTo remove from a ghetto and integrate into the mainstream.

    Wherever they turned there were agencies that moved to deghettoize them, secularize them, enlighten them.

    1989, Jacob Rader Marcus, United States Jewry, 1776-1985, Volumes 1-2
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    It is not enough to suggest that our theoretical analyses are working in the service of calling attention to these students' marginalized positions or deghettoizing them.

    2000, Laura Gray-Rosendale, Rethinking basic writing

Origin

From de- + ghettoize.

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APA

deghettoize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deghettoize

MLA

“deghettoize.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deghettoize. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “deghettoize,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deghettoize.

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