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noun
The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: anthropology, human-sciences, philosophy, psychology, sciences, social-science, sociology
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History
From liminal + -ity.
Across languages
2 source translations are retained for this English entry.
