positional

CEFRC1

/pəˈzɪʃən/

adjective

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adjective
Related to the place or arrangement of something.
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adjective
Extra detail
Based on long-term strategy, on gaining and exploiting small advantages, and on analyzing the larger position, rather than calculating more immediate tactics.

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Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

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Extra meanings

Having or pertaining to a value that is a function of its social desirability, as opposed to its utility.
Relating to the position of something.
An argument that is passed to a subroutine according to its position in the invocation code, rather than on its name; compare with named.

In context

They practiced their positional strategies on the field.
Of course, this ex post problem may have a negative feedback on the ex ante desirability of having market transactions for positional goods.
Regarding saving and consumption, nonpositional and positional consumption are distinguished.

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Of course, this ex post problem may have a negative feedback on the ex ante desirability of having market transactions for positional goods.
1998, Samuel Bowles, Maurizio Franzini, Ugo Pagano, The Politics and Economics of Power, page 61
The mattress platform on Davey’s bed fell unexpectedly, “trapping her neck against the upper surface of the side panel of the bed’s base,” Chipperfield explained. “Unable to free herself, she died of positional asphyxia. One of the two gas-lift pistons was defective.”
2024 October 14, Issy Ronald, “Woman killed by malfunctioning ottoman bed”, in CNN
Since economics is about scarcity, its study must be based on positional conflict, as indicated by the behaviour of the nouveau riche, or of poor people, who proudly demonstrate their latest smartphones or plasma TV sets.
2013, Anastasios S. Korkotsides, Against Utility-Based Economics: On a Life-Based Approach, page 235
Regarding saving and consumption, nonpositional and positional consumption are distinguished.
2014, Shenggen Fan, Ravi Kanbur, Shang-Jin Wei, The Oxford Companion to the Economics of China
Max Weber was also aware of positional considerations when he defined social status as "an effective claim to social esteem in terms of positive or negative privileges" (Weber, 1922: 305).
2016, Stavros A. Drakopoulos, Comparisons in Economic Thought, page 69

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From position + -al.