centrality

CEFRC1

/sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The state of being central or very important.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.

Examples

  • He became convinced of his own indispensability and centrality to the process.

  • As a result, the linkage between race-hate, gay-hate, and misogyny is evident (Sheffield, 1992: 389), but the centrality of race and gender in the gay and lesbian activism dealing with violence is negligible.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Also pronounced

  • [senˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]
  • [sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.

  2. The state of being central.

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Origin

noun

From central + -ity.