minoritize
/maɪˈnɒ.ɹɪ.taɪz/
minoritize verb: to make or treat as a minority.
Verb
minoritize (third-person singular simple present minoritizes, present participle minoritizing, simple past and past participle minoritized)
- To make or treat as a minority.
- A commentary on how the media and the culture have distorted and minoritized the lives of people with AIDS.1991 May 4, Michael Bronski, “One Man's 'Poison'”, in Gay Community News, page 16
- Resistance implies that there is something to resist. More often than not, these politics have resisted forms of power that majoritize and minoritize subjects and are frequently situated in binaries: […]2016, David V. Ruffolo, Post-Queer Politics
- Synonyms:
- marginalize
- Antonyms:
- majoritize
Synonyms of minoritize
Antonyms
Forms of minoritize
| third-person singular present | minoritizes |
|---|---|
| present participle | minoritizing |
| past participle | minoritized |
| past | minoritized |
| alternative form | minoritise |
Origin of minoritize
From minority + -ize.
Words formed from minoritize
Questions about minoritize
- What does minoritize mean?
- Minoritize means to make or treat as a minority.
- What part of speech is minoritize?
- Minoritize is a verb.
- How do you pronounce minoritize?
- Minoritize is pronounced /maɪˈnɒ.ɹɪ.taɪz/.
- What is the past tense of minoritize?
- The past tense of minoritize is minoritized.
Words near minoritize in the dictionary
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