marginalise

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Definition
  1. Verb:
    • To treat a person, group, or concept as insignificant or peripheral; to relegate to a position of little power or importance within a society or system.
    • To place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power.
Usage
  • The verb "marginalise" describes the social process of pushing specific groups to the edges ("margins") of society, thereby limiting their access to resources, rights, and participation.
  • It is typically used in contexts discussing social policy, politics, sociology, and economics.
  • It is a transitive verb, requiring a direct object (e.g., to marginalise , , ).
Examples
  • In Society:
    • Governments must implement policies that do not marginalise ethnic minorities.
    • The new law risks marginalising people with disabilities.
  • In Discourse:
    • Some media outlets tend to marginalise dissenting opinions.
    • We must not marginalise the poor in our society.
Advanced Usage
  • "to be marginalised" (Passive Voice): Describes the state of being pushed to the margins.
    • Indigenous communities have been marginalised for generations.
  • "marginalising" (Present Participle/Gerund): Used to describe the ongoing action or as a noun for the process.
    • The policy has a marginalising effect on rural populations.
    • Marginalising vulnerable groups undermines social cohesion.
Variants and Related Words
  • Marginalisation (noun, chiefly British English): The process or result of making a group or class of people less important or powerless.
    • The marginalisation of the working class is a serious concern.
  • Marginalised (adjective): Describing a person or group that has been rendered powerless or unimportant.
    • We need to listen to marginalised voices.
  • Marginal (adjective): Pertaining to, located at, or constituting a margin. (Note: This is the root adjective but does not carry the same active social meaning as the verb "marginalise").
    • The issue was of marginal importance to the committee.
Synonyms
  • Exclude: To shut or keep out from participation, consideration, or inclusion.
  • Ostracise: To exclude from a society or group.
  • Alienate: To cause someone to feel isolated or estranged.
  • Peripheralise: To make peripheral (less common synonym).
Antonyms
  • Include: To comprise or contain as part of a whole.
  • Integrate: To bring (people or groups) into equal participation in or membership of a social group or institution.
  • Embrace: To accept or support willingly and enthusiastically.
  • Centre (verb, often "center" in US English): To place in a central or key position.
Related Phrases and Concepts
  • Social exclusion: A broader concept similar to marginalisation, involving the lack or denial of resources, rights, and opportunities.
  • Systemic marginalisation: Refers to marginalisation that is embedded in the laws, policies, and institutions of a society.
  • Economic marginalisation: The process of being confined to a lower economic status with limited opportunities.
Verb
  1. relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
    • We must not marginalize the poor in our society

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