saliency

American  

[sey-lee-uhn-see, seyl-yuhn-] / ˈseɪ li ən si, ˈseɪl yən- /

noun

plural

saliencies

1. salience.

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Etymology

Origin of saliency

First recorded in 1655–65; salient, -ency

Example Sentences

Time was, America’s aspiration was for preoccupations with racial, sexual and ethnic differences to lose political saliency, and to recede as relations between the sexes and races became more relaxed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

The "saliency algorithm" decided how images would be cropped in Twitter previews, before being clicked on to open at full size.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2021

This turns on the bird units, which further drive the algorithm to enhance the saliency of birds in the image, and so on.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2015

"The message of the value of taxpayers' money, whether it's applied to federal, provincial or municipal government, is a message that has great saliency," said John Wright, pollster at Ipsos-Reid.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2013

Lemoyne was displeased; he thought that Randolph was taking advantage of his position as host to make an observation of unwarranted saliency, and he frowned at his plate.

From Bertram Cope's Year by Fuller, Henry Blake