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saliency

saliency

1 8.0
The quality of being very noticeable or important
  • noun
  • /ˈseɪliənsi/
translation icon : saliencia
  • Environmental issues affect many business decisions, and the saliency of these issues continues to grow.
  • cultural saliency
  • goal saliency
  • saliency of issues

Examples

  • The low saliency of economic issues can be analyzed from a "rational voter" perspective as well.

    Academic text (1991)
  • The results here attest only to the saliency of definitions in the context of substance use.

    Academic text (2008)
  • Therefore, it appears that goal saliency is an important variable for future consideration.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Therefore, their products often lack legitimacy and saliency to other stakeholders.

    Academic text (2004)
  • There are, however, conflicting results about the saliency of visual versus verbal content.

    Academic text (1993)
  • We assess the saliency of social learning by examining how definitions of substance use impact lifetime usage.

    Academic text (2008)
  • The results suggest that future research is needed to examine goal saliency using the hierarchical model of achievement motivation.

    Academic text (2009)
  • We also examine the saliency of individual contextual elements, which may offset the acculturation-drug use relationship altogether.

    Academic text (2008)
  • An African American man's perceptions about the saliency and efficacy of an early detection examination help inform his perceptions about benefits.

    Academic text (2003)
  • The saliency of climate change has become evident in recent public discussions and debates.

Synonyms

prominence
vssaliency
40 5.6

A state of being important and easily noticed

is more about importance and standing out than simple visibility
salience
vssaliency
2 7.5

A quality that is easy to notice and more important than other things

is the alternative noun form used in different styles
conspicuousness
vssaliency
1 6.8

How easy something is to see or notice

is more concerned with importance than with mere visibility
strikingness
vssaliency
6.8

A quality that is easy to notice and attracts attention

is less about impressiveness and more about clear importance
noticeability
vssaliency
4.9

How easy it is to see or understand something

is centered on importance rather than only ease of being noticed
noticeableness
vssaliency
4.8

How easy something is to see or understand

is focused on importance rather than simple recognizability
apparentness
vssaliency
6.8

How easy something is to see or understand

is about importance rather than only plain visible presence

Antonyms

1 4.6

A situation or thing that is not worth much attention

How Noticeable

prominence
40 5.6
saliency
1 8.0
subtlety
54 6.8
obscurity
33 7.4

Surface Forms

saliency singular
saliencies plural

Morphology

saliency = salient (transparent) = salient + cy

The noun is a straightforward nominalization of the adjective 'salient' by the suffix '-cy', so the meaning 'prominence/notability' is directly derived.

Etymology

Saliency comes from the Latin salire ('to jump') and the same root is in the common English word salient; imagine a detail that 'jumps out' at you. So, saliency means the quality of being especially noticeable or important.