hyperghetto

English

Etymology

Coined by Loïc Wacquant. From hyper- +‎ ghetto.

Noun

hyperghetto (plural hyperghettos or hyperghettoes)

  1. (sociology) 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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