centrality

[ sen-tral-i-tee ]

/ sɛnˈtræl ɪ ti /

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noun, plural cen·tral·i·ties.

a central position or state: the centrality of the sun.

a vital, critical, or important position: the centrality of education to modern civilization.

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Origin of centrality

First recorded in 1640–50; central¹ + -ity

Words nearby centrality

Central India, Central India Agency, Central Intelligence Agency, Central Islip, centralism, centrality, centralization, centralize, centralized, Central Karoo, central limit theorem

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How to use centrality in a sentence

Along the way, people have not exactly been receptive to these blows to our home planet’s centrality.
A century of astronomy revealed Earth’s place in the universe|Lisa Grossman|July 21, 2021|Science News
Recently, a controversy over “critical race theory” has ignited public debate about the centrality of race to American history.
You Can't Tell the Story of 1776 Without Talking About Race and Slavery|Robert G. Parkinson|July 4, 2021|Time
The centrality of emotion in the life of the mind and what lies behind emotion is what Freud called “drive.”
Consciousness Is Just a Feeling - Issue 98: Mind|Steve Paulson|March 3, 2021|Nautilus
Using BERT representations, DeepCT assigns an importance score to words based on their centrality and importance to the topic given their context in a passage.
Could Google passage indexing be leveraging BERT?|Dawn Anderson|October 29, 2020|Search Engine Land

They also used payroll, revenue, and employment data from US Census Bureau to rate the centrality of different industries to the economy, as well as a survey of 1,099 people to gauge public preferences.
Which businesses should be open?|Katie McLean|August 19, 2020|MIT Technology Review
Due to its centrality, the Salt Lake field plays an outsized role in terms of strange petroleum events in the city.
The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A.|Geoff Manaugh|December 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
How important is that sense of cultural centrality to you—the idea of being where the conversation is?
The Director Isn’t Done Yet: An Interview With Steven Soderbergh|Andrew Romano|August 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Beyond this, we fail to see the centrality of economic growth in Democratic messaging.
Goodbye, Blue: A Post-Obama Democratic Doctrine|Doug Schoen, Jessica Tarlov|November 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
From time to time, we hear denials of the centrality of slavery to the Civil War.
David's Bookclub: Battle Cry of Freedom|David Frum|May 23, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Both of these leaders have repeatedly emphasized the centrality of “Jewish values.”
Likud: From Begin To Bibi|Avi Shilon|February 5, 2013|DAILY BEAST
She did but inevitably represent what the whole world around her asserted: the life-centrality of woman.
Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence
It was something quite different from happiness: an alert enjoyment of rest, an intense and satisfying sense of centrality.
Aaron's Rod|D. H. Lawrence
The organic centrality of the whole body is of first importance.
How to Add Ten Years to your Life and to Double Its Satisfactions|S. S. Curry
Design experiences submit the centrality of the writer to reassessment.
The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
Like the human body itself, social life must become as complex as it can without losing its centrality.
Is civilization a disease?|Stanton Coit

British Dictionary definitions for centrality

centrality

/ (sɛnˈtrælɪtɪ) /

noun plural -ties

the state or condition of being central

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centrality

Origin of centrality

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British Dictionary definitions for centrality