peripheralize

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Etymology

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From peripheral +‎ -ize.

Verb

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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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