peripheralize

English

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Etymology

peripheral + -ize

Verb

peripheralize (third-person singular simple present peripheralizes, present participle peripheralizing, simple past and past participle peripheralized)

  1. (transitive) To make peripheral; to marginalize.
    • 1996, Margot Blum Schevill, Janet Catherine Berlo, Edward Bridgman Dwyer, Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes (page 21)
      The male bias that characterizes Western science has traditionally emphasized male activities while peripheralizing female activities.

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