Saliency

//ˈsæɪ.li.ən.si// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    the quality of being salient; salience countable, uncountable

    "The saliency of the model of production with convexity and constant returns to scale technologies recommends that we examine it in some further detail."

  2. 2
    the state of being salient wordnet

Synonyms

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blatancynotorietyostentationprominencesaliencesalience

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"The saliency of the model of production with convexity and constant returns to scale technologies recommends that we examine it in some further detail."

Etymology

From salient + -cy.

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