minoritize
verb[IorT]
disapproving(UKusuallyminoritise)uk/maɪˈnɒr.ɪ.taɪz/us/maɪˈnɔːr.ə.taɪz/toconsiderpeopleas aminority(= anysmallgroupinsocietythat is different fromothersbecause oftheirrace,religion,politicalbeliefs, etc.)or make themfeelas though they are aminority, in a way that isharmfulorunfair:
It iswrongto minoritizepeoplebasedontheirlanguagepractices.
Hebelievesthat among somecommunities, identity-basedmarketingcan minoritize.
- These men allseethemselves as minoritised in some way, forexamplemen who aredivorced, men who aredisabled, or men whowishto beprimarycaregiversfortheirchildren.
- Crime wasseenas thedomainofblack,indigenous,immigrant, and other minoritizedpeoples.
- Toacknowledgethat theyconstituteaneconomicsub-grouping would notnecessarilymeanto minoritize them.
Treating as unimportant
- blow
- blowsomething/someoneoff
- brushsomeone/somethingaside
- chopped liver
- damn
- denigrate
- denigration
- front
- laugh
- laughsomethingoff
- leavesomethingat the dooridiom
- look down onsomeone
- never
- on the front burneridiom
- shrugsomethingoff
- skate over/aroundsomething
- sniff atsomething
- sweepsomethingaside
- talksomethingdown
- wave