verb
- to treat someone or something as unimportant or peripheral; to push to the edge or exclude from the mainstream
Usage: British English spelling (American English: marginalizes); third person singular present tense
Examples
- The policy marginalises low-income families by limiting their access to education.
- Social media algorithms can marginalise voices that don't fit popular trends.
- The company marginalises employees who refuse to conform to its culture.
- Historical narratives often marginalise the contributions of women and minorities.
- Economic systems sometimes marginalise rural communities in favour of urban centres.
- The school's curriculum marginalises indigenous perspectives in favour of Western viewpoints.