Meaning & use
Marginalizing
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treating a person or group as insignificant or peripheral, excluding them from mainstream consideration or power
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Critics accused the policy of marginalizing rural communities in favor of urban interests.
The new curriculum was criticized for marginalizing the contributions of women scientists.
A note on using this word
The present participle of 'marginalize,' widely used in social and political discussions of exclusion and inequality.
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