minoritizedadj.
/mʌɪˈnɒrᵻtʌɪzd/, /mᵻˈnɒrᵻtʌɪzd/, U.S. /məˈnɔrəˌtaɪzd/ Originally: belonging to or consisting of a minority. In later use chiefly: (of a person, group, concept, etc.) made into, treated as, or placed in a minority; forced to the periphery of a dominant group; marginalized. Cf. minoritize v.
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the mind > attention and judgement > importance > unimportance > [adjective] > of little importance or trivial
eathlyc890
lighteOE
littleOE
small?c1225
singlec1449
easy1474
triflous1509
naughty1526
slender1530
slight1548
shrimpish1549
slipper1567
truanta1572
toyous1581
trivious1583
mean1585
silly1587
nicea1594
puny?1594
puisne1598
pusill1599
whindling1601
sapless1602
non-significant1603
poor1603
unsignificant1603
flea-bite1605
perishing1605
lank1607
weightless1610
fonda1616
penny farthing1615
triviala1616
unweighty1621
transitory1637
twattling1651
inconsiderate1655
unserious1655
nugal1656
small drink1656
slighty1662
minute1668
paddling1679
snitling1682
retail1697
Lilliputian1726
vain1731
rattletrap1760
peppercornish1762
peppercorn1791
underling1804
venial1806
lightweight1809
floccinaucical1826
small-bore1833
minified1837
trantlum1838
piffling1848
tea-tabular1855
potty1860
whipping-snapping1861
tea-gardeny1862
quiddling1863
twaddling1863
fidgeting1865
penny ante1865
feather-weighted1870
jerkwater1877
midget1879
mimsy1880
shirttail1881
two-by-four1885
footle1894
skittery1905
footery1929
Mickey Mouse1931
chickenshit1934
minoritized1945
marginal1952
marginalized1961
tea-party1961
little league1962
marginalizing1977
minnowy1991
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disrepute > damage to reputation > disparagement or depreciation > [adjective] > disparaged
disparaged1611
undervalued1629
decried1655
cried-down1669
minoritized1945
marginalized1961
1945 Tucson (Arizona) Daily Citizen 6 July (Late News ed.) 6/3 The ancient republics of Rome and Greece were minoritized rackets in which a clique swung the works. The majority consisted of free men minus the franchise.
1966 Wellington (Texas) Leader 12 May My minoritized neighbor says..under our democracy which is now being purified by the one-man-one-vote, the criminal bloc vote is getting very important.
1995 Jrnl. Ling. Anthropol. June 7 In the case of minoritized languages, standardization involves more than the definition of a formal code; activists in these communities are equally concerned with promoting their language as useful and appropriate for all contexts.
2021 Observer (Nexis) 28 Feb. The sharpest impact of inequality affects black and minoritised women, since BAME households are two to three times as likely to be in poverty than white households.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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adj.1945