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othering

SayUH-thur-ing/ˈʌðəɹɪŋ/

2 meanings of othering

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  1. 1
    noununcountable
    see other
    The act of treating a person or group as strange or completely different from your own.

    The othering of immigrants in the news made many families feel unwelcome.

    Constant othering at school left the new student feeling like an outsider.

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  2. 2
    verb
    Present participle of other. Use this form for the ongoing act of treating someone as different or as an outsider.

    By calling them outsiders, the politician was othering an entire community.

    Stop othering people just because they speak a different language.

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Origin

From the word "other" plus "-ing".