social exclusion

British  

noun

1. sociol the failure of society to provide certain individuals and groups with those rights and benefits normally available to its members, such as employment, adequate housing, health care, education and training, etc

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social exclusion

"Many returnees are arriving without a valid ID document and this is placing them at risk of administrative and social exclusion," he told AFP at the agency's Torkham transit centre.

From Barron's ● Jul. 3, 2026

Genuinely engaging as their real selves could risk total social exclusion or worse.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 24, 2026

After social exclusion in both high school and university, and as the sole Black American student at Cornell Law School, I was often silent about my own racial origins.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2025

The country’s central bank has reported that nearly half of families who rent at market prices are at risk of poverty or social exclusion.

From BBC ● Oct. 25, 2024

Many experience an existential angst associated with their permanent social exclusion.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander