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centrality

American  
[sen-tral-i-tee] / sɛnˈtræl ɪ ti /

noun

plural

centralities

  1. a central position or state.

    the centrality of the sun.

  2. a vital, critical, or important position.

    the centrality of education to modern civilization.
centrality British  
/ sɛnˈtrælɪtɪ /

noun

  1. the state or condition of being central

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Etymology

Origin of centrality

First recorded in 1640–50; central 1 + -ity

Example Sentences

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The new price war comes as the weight loss drug manufacturers have grown increasingly open about the centrality of the new direct-to-consumer channels to their weight loss market strategies.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

The painting, of Hood’s tower illuminated in the evening, seemed to reflect the growing centrality of business itself to American life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 8, 2025

It is what activist Sergio González refers to as "losing the right of centrality, with everything that entails".

From BBC • Aug. 29, 2025

There’s no question that its centrality to power has only increased in this century.

From Slate • Aug. 1, 2025

But it is a mark of maize’s social, cultural, and even political centrality that it was the first—and for centuries the only—phenomenon to pass from Mexico to the Andes.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

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