marginalize
1marginalize — 1832, to make marginal notes, from MARGINAL (Cf. marginal) + IZE (Cf. ize). The meaning force into a position of powerlessness attested by 1929. Related: Marginalized; marginalizing …
2marginalize — (Amer.) mÉ‘rdʒɪnÉ™laɪz / mÉ‘Ëd v. put in a position of secondary importance; keep a person or something away from the center of attention or power; treat as marginal (also marginalise) …
3marginalize — (also marginalise) ► VERB ▪ treat as marginal or peripheral. DERIVATIVES marginalization noun …
4marginalize — [mär′jə nə līz΄] vt. marginalized, marginalizing to exclude or ignore, esp. by relegating to the outer edge of a group or by diverting the public s attention to something else marginalization n …
5marginalize — marginal, marginalize To the editors of the OED around the turn of the 20c, marginalize meant no more than ‘to write marginal notes [i.e. notes in the margin] upon’, and they marked it ‘rare’. Since then it has been so transformed that the 1991… …
6marginalize — [[t]mɑ͟ː(r)ʤɪnəlaɪz[/t]] marginalizes, marginalizing, marginalized VERB To marginalize a group of people means to make them feel isolated and unimportant. [V n] The effect of this has been to increasingly marginalize the local authority sector …
7marginalize — UK [ˈmɑː(r)dʒɪnəlaɪz] / US [ˈmɑrdʒɪnəˌlaɪz] verb [transitive] Word forms marginalize : present tense I/you/we/they marginalize he/she/it marginalizes present participle marginalizing past tense marginalized past participle marginalized 1) to make …
8marginalize — marginalization, n. /mahr jeuh nl uyz /, v.t., marginalized, marginalizing. to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government s attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence. Also, esp. Brit.,… …
9marginalize — transitive verb ( ized; izing) Date: 1970 to relegate to an unimportant or powerless position within a society or group • marginalization noun …
10marginalize — verb To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people,) to the margins or to a lower limit See Also: marginal, marginalization …
