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marginaliteit

“marginaliteit” is a Dutch word. Its 2 meanings in English:

noun

  1. the status marginality, being marginal, outcast etc.
  2. A marginal way of life, life on the edge, living as an outcast

Etymology

From marginaal + -iteit: from French marginal, from Medieval Latin marginalis, itself from Latin margo 'edge' (from Proto-Indo-European *mereg- "edge, boundary") + -alis '-al'.

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