centrality

noun cen·tral·i·ty \ sen-ˈtra-lə-tē \

|Updated on: 28 Jun 2018

Definition of centrality

plural centralities

1 : the quality or state of being central

the centrality of television in our lives
—Popular Photography

2 : central situation

the centrality of the park in the city

3 : tendency to remain in or at the center

Recent Examples of centrality from the Web

But even as the President’s daughter visually projects the centrality of motherhood in her life, she’s being called to task for not speaking out publicly about the separation of immigrant children and parents at America’s borders.

— celeste katz, Glamour, "Ivanka Trump Said She'd Fight for Women. Where Is She on the Border Crisis?," 20 June 2018
The debate spoke to the power and influence that Evangelicals wield in United States politics, and the centrality of Scripture for both personal piety and political action.

— harry bruinius, The Christian Science Monitor, "Family separation: Evangelicals add their voices to opposition," 18 June 2018
About Eve and Sunset Boulevard) that discipline women for privileging their ambitions and satisfactions, Nadel points out, are women who do, indeed, sing in the rain and embrace the centrality of work.

— glenn c. altschuler, Philly.com, "Alan Nadel's 'Demographic Angst': The dark anxieties behind 1950s films," 15 June 2018
By collecting stories and establishing relationships with descendants, Getting Word project restores the centrality of the African-American experience to Monticello.

— andrew m. davenport, Smithsonian, "Putting Enslaved Families’ Stories Back in the Monticello Narrative," 14 June 2018
Now, fresh details from Uber’s fatal self-driving car crash in March underscore not just the difficulty of this problem, but its centrality.

— aarian marshall, WIRED, "False Positives: Self-Driving Cars and the Agony of Knowing What Matters," 29 May 2018
Despite the centrality of GitHub for the developer community, the company has lately run into some financial and leadership issues.

— hallie detrick, Fortune, "What You Should Know About GitHub—And Why Microsoft Is Expected to Buy It," 4 June 2018
His form and centrality to the team at Signal Iduna Park came in stark contrast to his time under Antonio Conte at Chelsea since his 2016 move.

— SI.com, "Borussia Dortmund Hold Further Talks Over Batshuayi as Chelsea Eye Move for BVB Starlet," 27 May 2018
This finding marks a significant departure from a lot of existing scholarship on Africa, which has often emphasized the centrality of informal networks and personalized systems of rule.

— alexander noyes, Washington Post, "In Africa, presidential term limits are working," 24 Apr. 2018

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