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positionality

positionality

9.4
An advantage someone has because of their position in a game or business
  • noun
  • /pəˌzɪʃəˈnælɪti/
translation icon : ventaja estratégica
  • The company's competitive advantage relies heavily on its strategic positionality in the market.

Examples

  • In negotiation, understanding your positionality can greatly affect the outcome of discussions.

  • Their "badness" has been discussed in gender and racial-national terms: they have undermined their manhood and Japan's global positionality.

    Academic text (2007)

  • Her awareness of her social positionality helped her to better engage with diverse viewpoints.

Synonyms

advantage
vspositionality
∞ 2.8

Something that helps a person do better than others

narrows this to benefits that result from a certain arrangement or placement
leverage
vspositionality
140 5.2

Power to influence people or events to get a better result

centers on advantage that arises from a particular spatial or strategic setup
strong position
vspositionality
9 3.9

A situation that gives someone more power in talks or competition

focuses on the benefit that comes from a specific arrangement or place
favorable position
vspositionality
  • US
1 3.8

A situation that gives someone an advantage over others

is about the benefit gained from how things are arranged or placed
advantageousness
vspositionality
7.6

Something that gives a better chance of success

applies this quality specifically to advantage coming from a certain arrangement

Antonyms

to disadvantage
18 4.7

To make someone or something less able to succeed than others

Surface Forms

positionality singular
positionalities plural

Morphology

positionality = positional (transparent) = position + al + ity

The meaning ('advantage or importance from a particular position') follows directly from 'position' → 'positional' → noun-forming '-ity'.

Etymology

The word positionality comes from the Latin ponere 'to put' and the English position, meaning 'place'. So in games, business, or chess it means the advantage or power that comes from where you are put.