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marginalization

[mahr-juh-nl-ahy-zey-shuhn] / ˌmɑr dʒə nl aɪˈzeɪ ʃən /
NOUN
exclusion from dominant culture
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Booth wrote “Primary Trust” during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the play speaks softly about the difficult subjects of marginalization, loneliness and difference.

From Los Angeles Times May 29, 2026

The author, an older person, embraces talking to strangers to regain lost social connections and counter feelings of marginalization.

From The Wall Street Journal Apr. 18, 2026

Black women especially carry that burden and pain from the double marginalization of gender and race in America — and their roles as leaders in the long Black Freedom Struggle.

From Salon Jan. 21, 2025

Because of the language’s marginalization, she was taught to understand her parents’ tongue but never to speak it.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2024

Its long history and gradual marginalization made Sing Sing increasingly different from the state’s other prisons.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover



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