marginar — meaning in English
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English meaning
- marginalize verb To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
- ostracize verb To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
Senses
marginar is used for these senses in English:
- marginalize (transitive) To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
- ostracize (by extension) To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun. [from mid 17th c.]
marginalize — full definition
- verb To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise.
- verb To find a marginal distribution of a joint probability distribution.
ostracize — full definition
- verb To ban a person from a city for five or ten years through the procedure of ostracism.
- verb To exclude a person from a community or from society by not communicating with them or by refusing to acknowledge their presence; to refuse to associate with or talk to; to shun.