centrality
- noun
- /ˌsɛnˈtrælɪti/
- The centrality of the park in the town's layout makes it accessible to everyone.
- the centrality of race
- the centrality of knowledge
- the centrality of romance
So the first condition would be the centrality of work.
- So the first condition would be the centrality of work.
- We're looking at a new centrality of Kiev, that Kiev is something that hasn't been before.
- So we go in there and you see the centrality of the church itself and the community that that that's the core of, and then how it sort of grows out of that.
- There isn't that sense of centrality in the London.
Examples
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The same considerations dictate the growing centrality of the entente between the United States.
Academic text (1990) -
It denies the centrality of reason to human debate and puts feelings at the front of them.
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The findings from this study support the centrality of academic engagement among a transfer student population.
Academic text (2013) -
By this time, I had learned about the radical centrality of food in the lives of the Chinese.
Fiction book (1991) -
First, I will argue for the centrality of narrative in human experience.
Academic text (1993) -
One contested issue is the centrality of values in assessing leaders.
Academic text (2017) -
God did not change over time, nor did the centrality of his message of monotheism change over time.
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Today, we need a more integrative approach in which the centrality of humans is recognized in the conservation agenda.
Academic text (2012) -
Certainly, most Punjabi Mexican Americans now stress the centrality of the American component in their history and experience.
Academic text (1993) -
Joyce wrote an essay around the same time that stresses the centrality and pervasiveness of etymology in writing.
Academic text (1991)
Synonyms
The most important central part of something
The most important part or person that gets most attention
The most important part of a problem or discussion
A focus on one main person, thing, or idea
The position of something in the middle of a space or design
A system that has one main center
How basic and most important something is
A state of being most important in a situation
Antonyms
How Central
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word centrality comes from central and centre, which mean 'middle' or 'core'. So centrality is the state of being in the middle or very important to something, which is why someone's centrality to a project makes them very important.