marginalizes
Treats as unimportant
Marginalizes means to push someone or something to the edges—to treat as unimportant or peripheral.
Groups are marginalized when society excludes them from power or mainstream participation: Policies that marginalize the poor.
Ideas can be marginalized too, dismissed as fringe or irrelevant.
The word implies the relegation is unjust or harmful.
Secondary business pursuit
- overlookMiss or commanding view
- ignoreRefuse to notice
- neglectFailure to provide care
- dismissSend away or reject
shun · isolate · banish · relegate · snub · disregard · shut out · push aside
Mark with dishonor
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- oppressUnjustly burden or dominate
- victimizeHarm someone deliberately
scapegoat · stereotype · denigrate · dehumanize · demean · belittle · invalidate · discredit
Secondary business pursuit
- relegateAssign to inferior position
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- downplayDiminish perceived importance
- trivializeMake light of
undervalue · devalue · deprioritize · background · obscure · overshadow · eclipse · dwarf
sideline
Secondary business pursuit
dismiss · shun · isolate · banish · relegate · snub · disregard · shut out · push aside · leave out
stigmatize
Mark with dishonor
- ostracizeExclude from a group
- prejudicePreformed unfavorable opinion
- oppressUnjustly burden or dominate
victimize · scapegoat · stereotype · denigrate · dehumanize · demean · belittle · invalidate · discredit · disparage
sideline
Secondary business pursuit
- relegateAssign to inferior position
- minimizeReduce to smallest extent
- downplayDiminish perceived importance
trivialize · undervalue · devalue · deprioritize · background · obscure · overshadow · eclipse · dwarf · diminish
disenfranchise
Revoke civic participation rights
- subordinateOne lower in rank
- suppressForcibly put an end to
- subjugateBring under dominion
disempower · undermine · weaken · diminish · undercut · strip · deprive · silence · mute · stifle
- criticismscriticizes, disparages, condemns, denounces, censures
marginalizescenters
Middle locations or hubs
includes · embraces · integrates · mainstreams · welcomes
marginalizesprioritizes
Ranks by importance
highlights · foregrounds · spotlights · celebrates · centralizes
- marginalized groupPopulation facing systemic exclusion
- marginalized communityGroup facing systemic exclusion
- marginalized communitiesGroups lacking social power
- marginalized voicesSpeakers from excluded communities
- marginalized populationsGroups excluded from mainstream society