mar‧gin‧al‧ize (also marginalise British English) /ˈmɑːdʒənəlaɪz, ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz $ ˈmɑːr-/ verb [transitive]
[Word Family: noun: margin, marginalization; adjective: marginal, marginalized; verb: marginalize; adverb: marginally]
to make a person or a group of people unimportant and powerless in an unfair way:
Female employees complained of being marginalized by management.
—marginalized adjective
—marginalization /ˌmɑːdʒənəlaɪˈzeɪʃən, ˌmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən $ ˌmɑːrdʒənələ-/ noun [uncountable]

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