marginalize
verb (used with object)
to place in a position of minor or marginal importance, significance, relevance, or effect.
marginalise
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a variation of
marginalize.
Example Sentences
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It has helped some queer people, both then and since, "make sense of, respond to, and undermine," in Chauncey's words, "the social categories of gender and sexuality that serve to marginalise them."
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2022
In particular, he claims camp transgression for black queerness, enacting, once again, a critical stance on the contradictions and condemnations that serve to marginalise those who don't, or can't, conform.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2022
When the change was first suggested, there were concerns that it could marginalise female acts.
From BBC ● Nov. 22, 2021
While he did not believe there was "a wicked agenda" to marginalise or ridicule Christians, he said there was a risk of society becoming "tolerant of everything apart from the things we don't like".
From BBC ● Jan. 10, 2018
If their presence grows, writers and directors will be less likely to marginalise pregnant characters.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 6, 2016
