MARGINALIZATION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does marginalization mean? 

• MARGINALIZATION (noun)
  The noun MARGINALIZATION has 1 sense:

1. the social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society)

  Familiarity information: MARGINALIZATION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MARGINALIZATION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The social process of becoming or being made marginal (especially as a group within the larger society)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

marginalisation; marginalization

Context example:

the marginalization of literature

Hypernyms ("marginalization" is a kind of...):

social process (a process involved in the formation of groups of persons)

Derivation:

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