- past participle of marginalize.
- past tense form of marginalize.
marginalized
Americanadjective
verb
Etymology
Origin of marginalized
Explanation
Anyone who's marginalized has been pushed to the edges of society and made to feel insignificant. Marginalized people often include members of racial, cultural, and religious minorities. Marginalized comes from margin, which means "the edge of a page." When groups are marginalized, they're figuratively kept in society's margins, away from the center where power and privilege lies. Marginalized people are labeled as outsiders for reasons such as their skin color, poverty, education level, gender identification, age, or disabilities. At the fringes of society, marginalized people often live without full access to their civil rights.
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Founded in 1936, the place is named after Saint Jose Benito Cottolengo, an Italian priest who in 1928 opened a home for the sick and the marginalized in Turin.
From Barron's ● Nov. 2, 2026
We should want them to empathize with marginalized groups, including abuse victims and children.
From Slate ● Oct. 26, 2026
The most marginalized and poorest may have no option but to stay behind.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 22, 2026
Through works spanning two centuries and more than 60 tribes and nations, the exhibition shows how these often marginalized groups represented, celebrated and advocated for themselves.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
I even explained the origins of the term “geek,” how so many of them, once destined to be marginalized outcasts, were using technology to alter their fates, change their destinies, build a new culture.
From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz
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