Concept in Definition ABC
Miscellanea / / July 04, 2021
By Florencia Ucha, in Mar. 2010
The term marginal is used to refer to everything that is found at the margin, at the end or edge of an object, especially when talking about the pages and wanting to realize that this or that annotation, for example, was made outside the box that frames it.
And by the way, marginal notes turn out to be those clarifications that are made regarding some doubtful concept outside the space that is established for to write.
On the other hand, the term marginal is also used repeatedly to refer to that person who lives outside the legal and social limits of the community or society in which he resides and in which, due to these conditions that we mention, cannot be inserted.
Then, being outside the established canons to establish himself in society in a harmonious way, he is excluded and marginalized. Marginalization of any kind implies a serious case of discrimination against the individual in question. Generally, people with marginalized status live in poverty, without the possibility of accessing the opportunities, for example to study, to have health coverage, decent housing, among others issues. While there may be many
factors and causes that lead a person to the condition of marginal, the lack of work turns out to be one of the determining and most recurrent factors when decreeing the marginality of a person.Also, marginality may not be a matter of a single individual but of a social group, a ethnicity, a religious group, among others. Gypsies, the poor and some urban "tribes" who follow certain concepts of life are often the targets of marginalization within a society.
On the other hand, the term marginal is often used to refer to that matter, question or aspect that presents a secondary or little importance.
While, on the Economy, the term also observes a special significance, since it is called marginal utility to the utility of the last unit of a good produced on which its market value will depend. The consumer You will be demanding goods and also your satisfaction with the acquisition of them but up to a certain point that your satisfaction will decrease and with it also the demand for the product. The full satisfaction of client occurs when marginal utility is reduced to zero.
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