marginalized groups
Society's pushed-aside people
Marginalized groups are segments of society pushed to the edges of social, economic, or political power.
The term encompasses people disadvantaged by factors like race, gender, sexuality, disability, or poverty—those whose voices and needs are systematically overlooked by dominant institutions.
Policies aimed at marginalized groups often face political opposition.
The phrase is common in academic and advocacy contexts.
- refugeesPeople seeking safety elsewhere
- asylum seekersPeople requesting safe haven
- stateless personsPeople without recognized nationality
- untouchablesExcluded social group
- political prisonersPeople jailed for ideology
undocumented immigrants · women · glass ceiling · indigenous peoples · discrimination · hate crimes · racial minorities · systemic racism · single parents · living wage · empowerment · safe spaces · exclusion · immigrants · at-risk youth · religious minorities · intersectionality · segregation
- social groupsdemographic groups, community, clan, ethnic groups, age groups
- social equityracial justice, disability rights, racial equity, diversity training, intersectionality
- representationproportional representation, diverse casting, visibility, representation matters, marginalized voices
- postcolonialismorientalism, postcolonialism, subaltern, neocolonialism, mimicry
- hard timeshardship, struggle, struggling, unemployment, tough times
- outcastsoutcast, pariah, pariahs, outcasts, outlaws
marginalized groupspower elite
Society's dominant influencers
the elite · ruling class · elites · dominant culture · the one percent