Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To relegate or confine to a lower or outer limit or edge, as of social standing.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To furnish with marginal notes.
- To make marginal notes.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb transitive To
relegate (something, especially atopic or a group of people,) to themargins or to alower limit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb relegate to a lower or outer edge, as of specific groups of people
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Examples
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* Good luck with this one: Grover Norquist says the GOP needs to "marginalize" Islamophobia among right-wingers and "make it clear that there's no place for that in the party of Reagan."
Happy Hour Roundup Greg Sargent 2011
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Mr. Breitbart says he suspects the accusations were just a cynical attempt by the left and elements of the media to "marginalize" the Tea Party movement.
Rude for Reid John Fund 2010
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Mr. Breitbart says he suspects the accusations were just a cynical attempt by the left and elements of the media to "marginalize" the Tea Party movement.
Rude for Reid John Fund 2010
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Mr. Breitbart says he suspects the accusations were just a cynical attempt by the left and elements of the media to "marginalize" the Tea Party movement.
Rude for Reid John Fund 2010
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And he's concerned that joining the 15 heroes now cosponsoring articles of impeachment against Dick Cheney would "marginalize" him.
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Rather than trying to marginalize the Islamic militias and the huge clan they represent, the international community should ... link No, we certainly don't want to "marginalize" those radical Islamic militias that have been terrorizing all of Somalia.
Archive 2006-12-01 2006
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Ironically, one of the designated leaders of Bush's campaign to "marginalize" GOP conservatives who oppose illegal immigration is former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who in 2002 on "Hardball" called for the ethnic cleansing of all Palestinians from the West Bank.
Have Rove and Bush gone nuts? Steve Sailer 2005
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That's certainly interesting now that word has come from the LA Times that the latest Bush administration is dunning corporations to build a war chest to "marginalize" conservative talk radio and other pillars of the GOP for opposing the President's amnesty & open borders immigration plan.
Archive 2005-07-24 Steve Sailer 2005
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Ironically, one of the designated leaders of Bush's campaign to "marginalize" GOP conservatives who oppose illegal immigration is former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, who in 2002 on "Hardball" called for the ethnic cleansing of all Palestinians from the West Bank.
Archive 2005-07-24 Steve Sailer 2005
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That's certainly interesting now that word has come from the LA Times that the latest Bush administration is dunning corporations to build a war chest to "marginalize" conservative talk radio and other pillars of the GOP for opposing the President's amnesty & open borders immigration plan.
Why the First Bush Administration Refused to Protect Our Borders: Steve Sailer 2005
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