Marginality

noun

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Definitions

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

    "We have all heard of places where police will not go, or where they simply cannot impose order because of the vastness and marginality of the spaces."

  2. 2
    the property of being marginal or on the fringes wordnet

Synonyms

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immaterialityinconsequenceindifferenceineffectualityinferiorityinsignificance

Example

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"We have all heard of places where police will not go, or where they simply cannot impose order because of the vastness and marginality of the spaces."

Etymology

From marginal + -ity.

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