Positionality

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The quality of being positional. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and perspective. countable, uncountable

    "In the post-civil rights era, some white men have adopted a marginalized positionality in an effort to reclaim the tacit social privileges of being white, heterosexual and male."

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"In the post-civil rights era, some white men have adopted a marginalized positionality in an effort to reclaim the tacit social privileges of being white, heterosexual and male."

Etymology

From positional + -ity.

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