peripherality, n.
(pəˌrɪfəˈrælɪtɪ)
[f. peripheral a. + -ity.]
The fact, quality, or position of being peripheral or marginal. Chiefly fig. Cf. marginality n.
| 1971 I. 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. 1985 Financial 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. 1990 Times 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’. |