centeredness
- noun
- /ˈsɛntərd.nəs/
- US
- The centeredness of the design created a sense of harmony in the room.
Curiously enough, this time centredness is evident again in the various attempts to build these temporary exhibitions.
- Curiously enough, this time centredness is evident again in the various attempts to build these temporary exhibitions.
Examples
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Artists often strive for centeredness in their compositions to draw viewers' attention to the main subject.
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In architecture, centeredness is crucial as it provides balance and stability to the structure.
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Curiously enough, this time centredness is evident again in the various attempts to build these temporary exhibitions.
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Its limited preference for this approach might easily be explained by its teacher-centeredness, and also its reliance upon punishment as one tool for manipulating behavior.
Academic text (1997) -
Modernity and its eye-centeredness created the conditions for the possibility of individualism and critical reflection, but it also led to the gradual disenchantment of the world, which became reified.
Blog text (4) -
The hypertropied eye modernity and its eye-centeredness created the conditions for the possibility of individualism and critical reflection, but it also led to the gradual disenchantment of the world, which became reified.
Blog text (8)
Synonyms
Being in the middle or most important part of something
A focus on one main person, thing, or idea
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Centeredness comes from center, meaning 'middle' or 'core', plus the ending -ness. It means being placed at the 'middle' of a space or design, so something with centeredness is put in the middle and becomes the main focus.