marginalised
Kept from center
Marginalised describes people or groups pushed to the edges of society, excluded from power, opportunity, or mainstream participation.
The word implies systemic disadvantage rather than individual misfortune: marginalised communities, economically marginalised populations.
Someone marginalised in a discussion has been sidelined or ignored.
Also spelled marginalized.
Excluded from a group
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
- shunnedPersistently avoided socially
dismissed · forgotten · alienated · outcast · isolated · silenced · invisible · erased
Deprived of voting rights
- discriminatedTreated unequally based on category
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
- subjugatedBrought under control
disadvantaged · powerless · vulnerable · exploited · suppressed · subordinated · downtrodden · dispossessed
Outermost edge or margin
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- borderlineEdge of acceptability
- liminalAt a threshold
- outlyingDistant from center
at the edges · tangential · subaltern · minoritized · outgroup
Smaller part of whole
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
- immigrantOne who resettles abroad
diaspora · ethnic · LGBTQ · disabled · caste · Dalit · Roma · stateless
Extremely lacking in money
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- destituteUtterly without means
- povertySevere lack of resources
inequality · precarious · disparity · hardship · ghettoized · redlined · underresourced · food desert
ostracized
Excluded from a group
- sidelinedRemoved from participation
- overlookedNot noticed or considered
- ignoredPurposely not noticed
shunned · dismissed · forgotten · alienated · outcast · isolated · silenced · invisible · erased · neglected
disenfranchised
Deprived of voting rights
- discriminatedTreated unequally based on category
- stigmatizedMarked with social shame
- persecutedSubjected to hostile treatment
subjugated · disadvantaged · powerless · vulnerable · exploited · suppressed · subordinated · downtrodden · dispossessed · dehumanized
fringe
Outermost edge or margin
- peripheralExternal computer add-on
- borderlineEdge of acceptability
- liminalAt a threshold
outlying · at the edges · tangential · subaltern · minoritized · outgroup
minority
Smaller part of whole
- underrepresentedInsufficiently present in proportion
- indigenousOriginating in a region
- refugeePerson fleeing danger abroad
immigrant · diaspora · ethnic · LGBTQ · disabled · caste · Dalit · Roma · stateless · asylum seeker
impoverished
Extremely lacking in money
- underprivilegedLacking usual social advantages
- underservedInsufficiently provided for
- destituteUtterly without means
poverty · inequality · precarious · disparity · hardship · ghettoized · redlined · underresourced · food desert · unbanked
marginalisedprivileged
Having special advantages
empowered · dominant · elite · powerful · advantaged
marginalisedcentred
Positioned at middle
centered · included · mainstream · integrated · accepted
marginalisedrepresented
Stood in for another
amplified · platformed · celebrated · heard · visible