marginalise

1. 1.

   relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people

   “We must not marginalize the poor in our society”

   Synonymsmarginalize

   Broaderinteract

Other forms of marginalise

past tense

marginalised·

present participle

marginalising·

third person

marginalises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about marginalise

What does marginalise mean?

marginalise means "relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people".

How many syllables are in marginalise?

marginalise has 4 syllables: mar-gi-na-lise. The stress falls on "gi".

What is another word for marginalise?

Close synonyms include marginalize. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is marginalise a common word?

marginalise is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.