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verbperipheralize (third-person singular simple present peripheralizes, present participle peripheralizing, simple past and past participle peripheralized)
present singular third person peripheralizes · participle present peripheralizing · participle past peripheralized · past peripheralized · alternative peripheralise
- transitiveTo 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
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peripheralize. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peripheralize
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “peripheralize,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/peripheralize.
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