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marginality

marginality noun: the state of being marginal.

Noun

marginality (countable and uncountable, plural marginalities)

  1. The state of being marginal
    • We have all heard of places where police will not go, or where they simply cannot impose order because of the vastness and marginality of the spaces.2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19

Forms of marginality

pluralmarginalities

Origin of marginality

From marginal + -ity.

Questions about marginality

What does marginality mean?
Marginality means the state of being marginal.
What part of speech is marginality?
Marginality is a noun.
What is the plural of marginality?
The plural of marginality is marginalities.

Words near marginality in the dictionary

  1. marginalist
  2. marginalistic
  3. marginalistically
  4. marginalists
  5. marginalities
  6. marginality
  7. marginalium
  8. marginalizable
  9. marginalization
  10. marginalizations
  11. marginalize

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