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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

peripheralize en · VERB

Etymology

From peripheral + -ize.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To make peripheral; to marginalize.
    • The male bias that characterizes Western science has traditionally emphasized male activities while peripheralizing female activities. 1996, Margot Blum Schevill, Janet Catherine Berlo, Edward Bridgman Dwyer, Textile Traditions of Mesoamerica and the Andes, page 21:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
peripheralise alternative lexicographic
peripheralizes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
peripheralized Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
peripheralized Tense=Past lexicographic
peripheralizing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

peripheralization