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marginalization

marginalization

8 7.9
To treat a person or group as unimportant and outside the main society
  • noun
  • /ˌmɑrdʒɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
  • US
translation icon : marginalización
  • Rather, GTAs report experiencing profound isolation and marginalization within graduate academic programs.
  • economic marginalization
  • political marginalization
  • further marginalization

And So what I think that is down to is not all forms of difference and marginalization give rise to political solidarity.

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Examples

  • As Lee notes, such experience created a sense of insecurity and marginalization among the second generation as well.

    Academic text (1999)
  • And this marginalization is so structured in society that minorities find it very difficult to break out of that situation.

  • And So what I think that is down to is not all forms of difference and marginalization give rise to political solidarity.

  • Something else that worries me is the marginalization of television history.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The end of the Cold War also marked increasing concern for the marginalization of the African continent.

    Academic text (1995)
  • Indigenous people continue to face severe marginalization in the region, said Dal Angel.

    Blog text (20)
  • In law firms, attorneys of color often report isolation and marginalization, while many white women similarly experience exclusion from "old boys'" networks.

    Academic text (2017)
  • Second, there exists a general marginalization experienced by many bereaved mothers, particularly after perinatal death (Cacciatore, 2008, 2009).

    Academic text (2011)
  • Many political ecologists examine marginalization as an economic, social, and environmental process (Blaikie 1985; Blaikie and Brookfield 1987).

    Academic text (2008)
  • The marginalization of certain groups in society often leads to a lack of representation and support.

Synonyms

ostracism
vsmarginalization
4 7.9

Leaving someone out of a group on purpose

is the ongoing process of being pushed aside beyond the single act
stigmatization
vsmarginalization
  • US
3 8.4

Treating a person as shameful so others avoid or blame them

is about being pushed aside or treated unimportant rather than only shaming
ostracization
vsmarginalization
  • US
1 8.4

To exclude someone from a group as punishment or social rejection

is a broader social process that pushes people aside beyond formal banishment
social ostracism
vsmarginalization
1 7.6

Leaving a person out of social activities so they feel alone

is broader covering being treated as unimportant even without punitive exclusion
ghettoization
vsmarginalization
  • Specialized
1 8.9

Making a group or area separate from others and making it poorer and less powerful

is the wider social process pushing people aside not only by physical separation
marginality
vsmarginalization
1 8.7

A situation of being outside the main part of a group or society

is the ongoing social process that causes people to be on those fringes
othering
vsmarginalization
  • Offensive
9.2

Using language or behavior that treats people as different and outside the group

is the broader social process pushing people aside rather than only attitudes
outcasting
vsmarginalization
  • Archaic
8.5

Leaving someone out of a group so they cannot join in

is a broader social process that makes people feel unimportant rather than just excluding
pariahdom
vsmarginalization
9.9

Being rejected by most people and treated as an outsider

is a broader process of being pushed aside and may be less absolute

Antonyms

65 3.7

Being part of a group, activity, or process

55 4.1

To bring people from different races or religions into a community as equals

How Marginalized

exclusion
64 4.2
marginalization
  • US
8 7.9

Surface Forms

Morphology

marginalization = marginalize (transparent) = margin + al + ize + ation

Formed by adding a noun-forming suffix to the verb 'marginalize', yielding a noun that denotes the process or result.

Etymology

Marginalization comes from margin, an old word meaning 'edge' or 'border', and the rest of the word makes it an action or process. So, marginalization is the process of pushing people to the 'edge' of a group or society where they are treated as 'unimportant'.