marginalize
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marginalize
- /ˈmɑːdʒɪnəlaɪz/ UK
- /ˈmɑɹdʒɪnəlaɪz/ US
verb marginalizes · marginalizing · marginalized · marginalise
- To relegate (something, especially a topic or a group of people) to the margins or to a lower limit; to exclude socially or otherwise. The practice of only analysing Indian English in terms of how it differs from a notional standard English that resides in the Englishes of the varieties of the Inner Circle is one of the key ways in which Indian English is marginalised.
- To find a marginal distribution of a joint probability distribution. Ideally, we would like to integrate out the parameters #92;theta, i.e. marginalize in order to obtain a prediction. Since this is again hard to realize analytically, one usually approximates the integral via sampling from the posterior.
Similar: alienate, invisibilize, peripheralize, sideline · Opposite: prioritize, accept
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Similar: alienate, invisibilize, peripheralize, sideline · Opposite: prioritize, accept
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verb relegate something to margins or to a lower limit
| Español | marginar |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 疎外する sogai suru |
| 中文 | 邊緣化 /边缘化 biānyuánhuà |
| Português | marginalizar |
| Français | marginaliser |
| Deutsch | marginalisieren, exkludieren |
| Italiano | emarginare |
| Ελληνικά | περιθωριοποιώ perithoriopoió |
| Русский | маргинализи́ровать marginalizírovatʹ |
| العربية | هَمَّشَ hammasha |
Talk about this word "marginalize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/marginalize. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. marginalize. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/marginalize "marginalize." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/marginalize.Cite this
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title = {marginalize},
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