marginalizeverb [ T often passive ]
UK usually marginalise uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl.aɪz/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl.aɪz/to treat someone or something as if they are not important:
Now that English has taken over as the main language, the country's native language has been marginalized.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Excluding
- acid-free
- alienate
- apart
- bar
- barring
- cut
- discount
- exclude
- excluding
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- freeze sb out
- hold
- out of it idiom
- outside
- present
- present company excepted idiom
- send
- send sb to Coventry idiom
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marginalization
noun [ U ] UK usually marginalisation uk/ˌmɑː.dʒɪ.nə.laɪˈzeɪ.ʃən/us/ˌmɑːr.dʒɪ.nə.ləˈzeɪ.ʃən/
The marginalization of certain groups within the community may lead to social unrest.