noun
Meaning 1
The act of marginalizing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
marginalization
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌmɑː(ɹ)dʒɪnəlaɪˈzeɪʃən/
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noun
Meaning 2
the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the marginalization of the underclass
- the marginalization of literature
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: marginalisation
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: social process
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English marginal Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íďďō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)bor. Late Latin -izōder. Middle French -iserbor. Middle English -isen English -ize Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English -ization English marginalization From marginal + -ization.
Across languages
Translations
15 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: маргіналіза́цыя (marhinalizácyja) — act of marginalizing
- Catalan: marginació — act of marginalizing
- Estonian: marginaliseerumine — act of marginalizing
- Finnish: marginalisoituminen — act of marginalizing
- French: marginalisation — act of marginalizing
- Galician: marxinación — act of marginalizing
- German: Marginalisierung — act of marginalizing
- Italian: emarginazione — act of marginalizing
- Latvian: marginalizācija — act of marginalizing
- Polish: marginalizacja — act of marginalizing
- Russian: маргинализа́ция (marginalizácija) — act of marginalizing
- Slovak: marginalizácia — act of marginalizing
- Spanish: marginación — act of marginalizing
- Swedish: marginalisering — act of marginalizing
- Ukrainian: маргіналіза́ція (marhinalizácija) — act of marginalizing