peripheralize
English
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editperipheral + -ize
Verb
editperipheralize (third-person singular simple present peripheralizes, present participle peripheralizing, simple past and past participle peripheralized)
- (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.