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marginalize
[ mahr-juh-nl-ahyz ]
verb (used with object)
- to place in a position of minor or marginal importance, significance, relevance, or effect:
The government is attempting to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
- to isolate or exclude from the dominant culture; perceive or treat as being on the fringes of a society or group:
All of these policies have marginalized our vulnerable sisters and brothers for their religion, skin color, or sexual orientation.
marginalize
/ ˈɑːɪəˌɪ /
verb
- tr to relegate to the fringes, out of the mainstream; make seem unimportant
various economic assumptions marginalize women
Derived Forms
- ˌԲˈپDz, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·····پDz [mahr-j, uh, -nl-ahy-, zey, -sh, uh, n] especially British, ·····پDz noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of marginalize1
Example Sentences
In case you haven’t been paying attention, Trump and his cronies threaten or have already gutted organizations devoted to caring for veterans, the elderly, the medically vulnerable and other marginalized populations.
“The exponential surveillance since 9/11 has also intensified the criminalization of marginalized and racialized groups… and has increasingly targeted protest movements such as Black Lives Matter.”
Jesse is particularly incensed by the antisemitic trope that sees Jews as “powerful, dominating and privileged” and therefore not worthy of the protections of other marginalized groups.
Black and brown and other marginalized communities have created these parallel institutions for centuries.
"I'm inspired to tell stories of marginalized women, working class women, black people," she said.
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