Centrality

//sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being central. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the property of being central wordnet
  3. 3
    A tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    Any of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph. countable, uncountable

Example

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"Their mistake was thinking of themselves as centrality. Humanity is not the centre of the universe. The Earth is not the centre of the universe."

Etymology

From central + -ity.

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