marginalizing
present participle ofmarginalize
marginalize
verb[Toften passive]
(UKusuallymarginalise)uk/ˈmɑː.dʒɪ.nəl.aɪz/us/ˈmɑːr.dʒɪ.nəl.aɪz/totreatsomeone or something as if they are notimportant:
Now thatEnglishhas taken over as themainlanguage, the country'snativelanguagehas been marginalized.
Excluding
- acid-free
- apart
- aside
- bar
- barring
- clannish
- count
- discount
- exclusion
- exclusive
- exclusively
- exclusivity
- freezesomeoneout
- leavesomething/someoneoffsomething
- ostracize
- otherwise
- out of itidiom
- outlier
- overdiscount
- stand-alone
Examplesofmarginalizing
marginalizing
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
The microscope, the telescope, the infrared camera, for example, expand the perceptual field bymarginalizingthe infraliminal.
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Coherence is lost by calling upon the coercive power of the state to protect against verbal oppression, thereby subordinating andmarginalizingsome members of society.
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Now it is important to keep expanding withoutmarginalizing.
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I said my piece about the digital revolution and themarginalizingof classical music in an ever-expanding world of other musical possibilities.
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However, embracing the nation as "the most meaningful context for self-definition" also requires "temporarilymarginalizingother rubrics that could also provide a sense of identity".
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Far frommarginalizingissues of the senses, the body, and the handmade, the computer seems to amplify these concerns.
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As the data were analysed, the processes of marginalization were linked to 'marginalizingdiscourses'.
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But even that concession would leave out some speech currently protected (such as some hate speech) whose harm is precisely in its efficacy inmarginalizingand silencing outsiders.
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Bymarginalizingchildren and forcing them outside of the mainstream social group, victimized youngsters may have limited opportunities for affiliation with peers, thereby causing distress and constraining socialization experiences.
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The measures can be seen as attempts to define the acceptable limits of political discourse and participation by new means ofmarginalizingor excluding aliens and dissidents.
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In turn, the relationship of the populace to the state has changed,marginalizingpreviously regime-supporting groups and facilitating the implementation of economic neoliberalism without significant protest.
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Such observations have important consequences for health services delivery and prompt us to consider creating new spaces and introducing alternatives tomarginalizingdiscourses - discourses that foster inclusion.
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Many of us do not believe that the monetary approach alone is adequate and sufficient, on pain of excluding andmarginalizingvarious strata of the population.
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Informal group level interaction, including undesirable labeling,marginalizing, or dehumanizing behavior can be redirected.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.This is achieved bymarginalizingout the previous states and dividing by the probability of the measurement set.
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