| 单词 | marginalize |
| 释义 | marginalize (once / 15676 pages) v When you push people to the edge of society by not allowing them a place within it, you marginalize them. If a public school celebrates only Christmas in December, it can marginalize students who aren't Christian. A society that labels certain people as outside the norm — weird, scary, hateful, or useless — marginalizes those people, edging them out. Native or aboriginal groups often end up in this position, and so do people who are poor, disabled, elderly, or who in other ways are seen as not quite fitting in. The Latin root is margo, "edge, brink, or border." Since the late 1920's marginalize has referred not to a literal edge, but to a powerless position just outside society. WORD FAMILYmarginalize: marginalization, marginalized, marginalizes, marginalizing+/margin: marginal, margins/marginal: marginalise, marginality, marginalize, marginally/marginalise: marginalisation, marginalised USAGE EXAMPLESA new generation of social historians analyzed the concerns of marginalized groups — workers, women, free and enslaved African-Americans, and Native Americans, among others. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) And Pope Francis is expected to continue to shape a Catholic Church that emphasizes the marginalized. Washington Post(Dec 30, 2016) And they share the land with “some of the most marginalized people in the world,” poor farmers and herders, she said. New York Times(Dec 30, 2016) v relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people We must not marginalize the poor in our society Syn|Hyper marginalise interact act together or towards others or with others |
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