marginalize
[mahr-juh-nl-ahyz]
- to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
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Also especially British, mar·gin·al·ise.
Origin of marginalize
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“Words of condemnation and marginalization were avoided,” he says.
So, what kind of redress might work best for this specific expression of Sunni marginalization and dispossession?
He was trying to end the marginalization of black people in Detroit.
Suffice to say that marginalization and McCarthyite attacks occur from both the left and the right of the political spectrum.
Far-Right Pro-Israel Group Rallies Against Vaunted New York Jewish InstitutionRachel Cohen
August 12, 2013
Today the legacy of that marginalization continues to mark the Mormon outlook on the world.
marginalize
marginalise
- (tr) to relegate to the fringes, out of the mainstream; make seem unimportantvarious economic assumptions marginalize women
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Word Origin and History for marginalization
n.
1974, from marginalize + -ation.
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