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positionalities

positionalities is the plural of positionality.

Meaning of positionality

Noun

positionality (countable and uncountable, plural positionalities)

  1. The quality of being positional.
  2. The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and perspective.
    • In the post-civil rights era, some white men have adopted a marginalized positionality in an effort to reclaim the tacit social privileges of being white, heterosexual and male.2007, Sean Brayton, “MTV's Jackass: Transgression, Abjection and the Economy of White Masculinity”, in Journal of Gender Studies, volume 16, page 58

Questions about positionalities

What is positionalities the plural of?
Positionalities is the plural of positionality.

Words near positionalities in the dictionary

  1. positional notation
  2. positional notations
  3. positional parameter
  4. positional parameters
  5. positional voting
  6. positionalities
  7. positionality
  8. positionally
  9. positionals
  10. positioned
  11. positioner

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