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peripherality, n.|pəˌrɪfəˈrælɪtɪ|
[f. peripheral a. + -ity.]
The fact, quality, or position of being peripheral or marginal. Chiefly fig. Cf. marginality n.
1971I. M. Lewis Ecstatic Religion iii. 87 The peripherality of women in this sense is..a general feature of all those societies in which men hold a secure monopoly of the major power positions. 1985Financial Times 6 Apr. 14/3 The wheel of fortune may yet, I suspect, edge them out to the same peripherality the Liverpool Poets have for us now. 1990Times 7 Mar. 12/2 The great physical barriers..have fettered trade and commerce across the continent, while condemning the outerlying regions to suffer the economic costs of ‘peripherality’. |