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MAHJ-in-uh-lyz/ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/

To marginalise is to treat a person or group as unimportant: marginalise the slice, a marginalised cohort (UK spelling). Margin (already in the dictionary) is the edge or spare amount; dropping a slice without a note is still a methods cut, not clarity.

Meaning

To treat a person or group as unimportant (UK spelling; from margin, already in the dictionary).

Examples

• “To drop the night slice without a note is to marginalise it, not “clarity”.”
• “Exclude is the close twin. Margin is already in this course. Clarity is a slogan. A named exclusion is methods. Write the rule; then call it clarity in the limitations if the ethics file still allows the cut.”

Good to know

Push to the edge (UK). Noun: margin (already in the dictionary). “Clarity” ≠ a named exclusion.

Near in meaning

exclude, sideline, overlook

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