thirdspace
thirdspace is the alternative form of Thirdspace.
Noun capitalized: Thirdspace
Thirdspace (countable and uncountable, plural Thirdspaces)
- Space as both a perceived and conceptualized phenomenon, both a physical locality and its meaning.
- Over the past decade, the most creative explorations of Thirdspace, and hence the most accomplished expansions in the scope of the geographical imagination, have come from the broadly defined field of critical cultural studies.2002, Alan Read, Architecturally Speaking, →ISBN, page 22
- The Occupy movement existed as a Thirdspace phenomenon -- even though its practitioners created their own Firstspace configurations of objects and their own Secondspace meanings and representations.2016, Gabriella Gelardini, Harold Attridge, Hebrews in Contexts, →ISBN, page 184
Forms of thirdspace
| plural | thirdspaces |
|---|---|
| plural | Thirdspaces |
| alternative form | thirdspace |
Origin of thirdspace
Coined by E.W. Soja as third + space
Questions about thirdspace
- What does thirdspace mean?
- Thirdspace means space as both a perceived and conceptualized phenomenon, both a physical locality and its meaning.
- What is thirdspace the alternative form of?
- Thirdspace is the alternative form of Thirdspace.
- What part of speech is thirdspace?
- Thirdspace is a noun.
- What is the plural of thirdspace?
- The plural of thirdspace is thirdspaces.
Words near thirdspace in the dictionary
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