Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

minoritize

/maɪˈnɒ.ɹɪ.taɪz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mi-nori-tize
IPA: /maɪˈnɒ.ɹɪ.taɪz/

21

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To make or treat as a minority.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"A commentary on how the media and the culture have distorted and minoritized the lives of people with AIDS."
"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: […]"

Etymology

From minority + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: minority

Usage

Transitive verb

Inflected Forms

minoritizes (present, singular) minoritizing (participle, present) minoritized (participle, past) minoritized (past) minoritise (alternative)

Derived Forms

minoritization

Synonyms

marginalize

Antonyms

majoritize

Questions

How do you pronounce minoritize?: The recorded pronunciation is /maɪˈnɒ.ɹɪ.taɪz/.
What does minoritize mean?: To make or treat as a minority.
Where does minoritize come from?: From minority + -ize.

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