Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ghettoism

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ghet-to-ism
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The division of an area into ghettos; creation of a ghetto.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Behaviour or speech typical of the ghetto.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From ghetto + -ism.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: ghetto

Usage

Inflected Forms

ghettoisms (plural)

Questions

What does ghettoism mean?: The division of an area into ghettos; creation of a ghetto.
Where does ghettoism come from?: From ghetto + -ism.

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