Meaning & use
marginality
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The state or condition of being marginal, peripheral, or excluded from a main group, society, or activity.
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The report examined the economic marginality faced by rural communities.
Her research focused on the social marginality experienced by immigrant workers.
A note on using this word
The term appears frequently in sociology and political science to describe groups pushed to the edges of economic, social, or political life.
Words with a similar meaning
exclusionperipherality
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Words with an opposite meaning
centralityinclusion
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