centrality

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UK/sɛnˈtɹæl.ɪ.ti/US/sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ti/US[sɛnˈtɹæl.ə.ɾi]Australia/senˈtɹæl.ə.ti/

noun

The state of being central.

Opposite
marginality
OriginEnglish central ← Latin centrālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
Less commonScrabble 15
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Meanings

nouncentrality (countable and uncountable, plural centralities)

plural centralities

  1. countableuncountableThe state of being central.

    As a result, the linkage between race-hate, gay-hate, and misogyny is evident (Sheffield, 1992: 389), but the centrality of race and gender in the gay and lesbian activism dealing with violence is negligible.

    2002, Diane Richardson, Steven Seidman, Handbook of Lesbian and Gay Studies
  2. countableuncountableA tendency to remain at, or move towards the centre.
  3. countableuncountablemathematicsAny of various measures of the relative importance of a vertex in a graph.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounthe property of being central

Opposite
marginality
Broader
positionspatial relation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱen-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱéntrom
  3. Proto-Hellenic*kéntron
  4. Ancient Greekκέντρον (kéntron)
  5. Latincentrum
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  8. Latincentrālis
  9. Englishcentral
  10. Englishcentrality

From central + -ity.

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Translations

Catalan centralitat
  • centralitatthe state of being central
Irish lárnacht
  • lárnachtthe state of being central
Latin centrālitās
  • centrālitāsthe state of being central
Portuguese centralidade
  • centralidadethe state of being central
Spanish centralidad
  • centralidadthe state of being central

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with centrality

realitybestialitypersonalityhospitalitysexualityconfidentialitymoralitylocalityhomosexualitymentalitypluralitydualitylegalitybrutalitymodalityfatalitygeneralitytotalitycausalitysensualityformalitynormalityproportionalitydimensionality
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Cite this entry
APA

centrality. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centrality

MLA

“centrality.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centrality. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “centrality,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/centrality.

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