hyperghetto

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noun

a severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata

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Meanings

nounhyperghetto (plural hyperghettos or hyperghettoes)

plural hyperghettos · plural hyperghettoes

  1. human sciencesa severely impoverished and anomic ghetto whose inhabitants are mostly working-class people of a specific ethnic minority, without any significant presence of wealthier strata

Origin

Coined by Loïc Wacquant. From hyper- + ghetto.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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