What is another word for ghetto?

Pronunciation: [ɡˈɛtə͡ʊ] (IPA)

The word "ghetto" carries a negative connotation as it is often associated with poverty, slum conditions, and discrimination. In order to avoid using this term, there are several alternative synonyms available that can be used instead. Some of these synonyms include "district," "neighborhood," "community," "zone," and "enclave." The word "slum" could also be used, but it may carry a similar bad reputation. By utilizing alternative vocabulary choices, we can avoid adding to the ongoing negative stereotypes and biases associated with the term "ghetto".

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Usage examples for Ghetto

After a time they returned with an ample hat-box adorned with one of the prominent names of the ghetto, and pulled the thing out, having come to my room to exhibit to me the result of their excursion.
"A Top-Floor Idyl"
George van Schaick
"Let's go down to the ghetto and clean out the whole gang," somebody else took up.
"Space Viking"
Henry Beam Piper
Dushaw called upon one of the leading reformed rabbis to discuss the general condition of the Jews in the ghetto.
"Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ"
Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.

Famous quotes with Ghetto

  • I didn't say I wouldn't go into ghetto areas. I've been in many of them and to some extent I would say this; if you've seen one city slum, you've seen them all.
    Spiro T. Agnew
  • Roman's wife Sharon Tate had been murdered by Charles Manson the year before, but Roman had been through so much leaving the Warsaw ghetto that he was very strong and private.
    Francesca Annis
  • I am pleased now that I have lived in a gay as well as a religious ghetto, though it hasn't been very comfortable. Taken together, their limitations cancel each other out and I have seen the world more kindly and more honestly.
    Lionel Blue
  • I thought of such Christian inventions as the ghetto and the Jewish badge of shame. The Nazis didn't have to go very far to pick up their know-how.
    Lionel Blue
  • One of the tragedies of the struggle against racism is that up to now there has been no national organization which could speak to the growing militancy of young black people in the urban ghetto.
    Stokely Carmichael

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