marginalize

[mahr-juh-nl-ahyz]

verb (used with object), mar·gin·al·ized, mar·gin·al·iz·ing.

to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.

Also especially British, mar·gin·al·ise.

Origin of marginalize

1825–35 for an earlier sense; marginal + -ize

Related formsmar·gin·al·i·za·tion, noun

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Examples from the Web for marginalization

Contemporary Examples of marginalization

“Words of condemnation and marginalization were avoided,” he says.
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Barbie Latza Nadeau
October 17, 2014
So, what kind of redress might work best for this specific expression of Sunni marginalization and dispossession?
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Amal Ghandour
October 15, 2014
He was trying to end the marginalization of black people in Detroit.
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Bill Morris
September 17, 2014
Suffice to say that marginalization and McCarthyite attacks occur from both the left and the right of the political spectrum.
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Rachel Cohen
August 12, 2013
Today the legacy of that marginalization continues to mark the Mormon outlook on the world.
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Walter Kirn
June 5, 2011

British Dictionary definitions for marginalization

marginalize

marginalise

verb

(tr) to relegate to the fringes, out of the mainstream; make seem unimportantvarious economic assumptions marginalize women

Derived Formsmarginalization or marginalisation, noun

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Word Origin and History for marginalization

1974, from marginalize + -ation.

marginalize

1832, "to make marginal notes," from marginal + -ize. The meaning "force into a position of powerlessness" attested by 1929. Related: Marginalized; marginalizing.