Marginalization
Handloom weavers, night-shift workers without a canteen, and tribals at the forest edge all face this noun: being written into society’s margins.
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Pushing groups to society edges.
Memory trick
MARGIN-formation: people pushed into the margins of the page.
Examples
Tribals face marginalization.
The night-shift workers face quiet marginalization: no creche, no canteen, no voice.
Her documentary tracks the marginalization of handloom weavers by power looms.
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Etymology
From Latin margo "edge, margin." To marginalize is to write people in the margins instead of the main text of society.
Usage Notes
Sociology and essay essential: economic, social, and digital marginalization. Name the mechanism (who pushes, how) to avoid vagueness.
Real-life contexts
Use in sociology: "Urban plans risk slum marginalization."
Use in essays: "Digital access decides who escapes marginalization."
Use in policy: "Quotas counter historic marginalization."
Common Mistakes
Marginalization is structural pushing aside, not personal insult; keep it for groups and systems. American -ization vs British -isation: stay consistent.
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