minoritize

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

minority +‎ -ize

Verb[edit]

minoritize (third-person singular simple present minoritizes, present participle minoritizing, simple past and past participle minoritized)

  1. (transitive) To make a minority.
    Synonym: marginalize
    Antonym: majoritize
    • 2016, David V. Ruffolo, Post-Queer Politics
      Resistance implies that there is something to resist. More often than not, these politics have resisted forms of power that majoritize and minoritize subjects and are frequently situated in binaries: []