liminality
Meanings
noun
- The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
- The state or quality of ambiguity which exists in the middle stage of certain events or rituals (such as a rite of passage or a society-wide revolution), during which the participating individual or group no longer holds its pre-ritual status but has not yet attained the status it will hold when the ritual has been completed.
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Etymology
From liminal + -ity.
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