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marginalize

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mar⋅gin⋅al⋅ize

  [mahr-juh-nl-ahyz]
Use marginalize in a Sentence
–verb (used with object), -ized, -iz⋅ing.
to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
Also, especially British, mar⋅gin⋅al⋅ise.

Origin:
1825–35 for an earlier sense; marginal + -ize

Related forms:
mar⋅gin⋅al⋅i⋅za⋅tion, noun
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mar·gin·al·ize   (mär'jə-nə-līz')   
tr.v.   mar·gin·al·ized, mar·gin·al·iz·ing, mar·gin·al·iz·es
To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing.
mar'gin·al·i·za'tion (-lĭ-zā'shən) n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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