liminality

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Synonyms: criminality, feminality, seminality

Antonyms: criminality, feminality, seminality

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
2. {{lb|en|anthropology|philosophy|sociology|psychology}} The [[state]] or [[quality]] of [[ambiguity]] which exists in the [[middle]] [[stage]] of certain [[event]]s or [[ritual]]s (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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