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Liminality in a sentence

Liminality meaning

  1. The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
  2. 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.

Using Liminality

  • The main meaning on this page is: 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.
  • In the example corpus, liminality often appears in combinations such as: and liminality, liminality and, liminality is.

Context around Liminality

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 8 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

weird 1× sciences 1× underlying 1×

Sentence patterns with Liminality

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

belonging and liminality and between 1× ending its liminality and present 1× function of liminality in the 1× integration and liminality while speaking 1× period of liminality is community 1× problems underlying liminality are not 1× social sciences liminality is a 1× the weird liminality of the 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

different elements of 1× if gaza has 1× in the social 1× jean jost summarises 1× researchers who study 1× the problem that 1×

Common sentence endings:

but psychological ones 1× equally unconventional tales 1× liminality is community 1× patterns and paradigms 1× s waiting room 1× satirical new novel 1×

Words around Liminality

Just before it in the word index:

liminal 33 limina 2 limia 2 limhi 3 limgrave 4 limey 3

Just after it in the word index:

liming 10 limington 4 limit 5.759 limitanei 3 limitation 380 limitations 1.484

Similar in corpus frequency:

aargau 11 abacos 11 abboud 11 abbreviate 11 abdelkader 11 abdomens 11

Corpus analysis for Liminality

  • In this selection, "liminality" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, weird, sciences and underlying stand out and add context to how "liminality" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include belonging and liminality and between and ending its liminality and present. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "liminality" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with liminality

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

If Gaza has a future outside incarceration, it lies in ending its liminality and present state of exception. (18 words)

Researchers who study resilience tell us that the single most important thing during a period of liminality is community. (19 words)

The struggles between belonging and liminality, and between delusion and hope, are the beating heart of Ma’s softly satirical new novel. (22 words)

Longer example sentences

Jean Jost summarises the function of liminality in The Canterbury Tales, "Both appropriately and ironically in this raucous and subversive liminal space, a ragtag assembly gather together and tell their equally unconventional tales. (33 words)

In the social sciences, liminality is a transitional process which involves changing and a break away from the limits and parameters of the old to make way for new patterns and paradigms. (32 words)

This brave and powerful film, is at once both intimate and alienated, and explores issues of colonialism, shame, whiteness, integration, and liminality, while speaking to the Diasporic experience of time and space. (32 words)

Example sentences (8)

The struggles between belonging and liminality, and between delusion and hope, are the beating heart of Ma’s softly satirical new novel.

Different elements of Purgatory are also customized to fit the time of death for characters as well which emphasizes the weird liminality of the afterlife’s waiting room.

In the social sciences, liminality is a transitional process which involves changing and a break away from the limits and parameters of the old to make way for new patterns and paradigms.

Researchers who study resilience tell us that the single most important thing during a period of liminality is community.

The problem that isn’t being addressed by the snake oil salesmen is that the problems underlying liminality are not primarily social problems but psychological ones.

This brave and powerful film, is at once both intimate and alienated, and explores issues of colonialism, shame, whiteness, integration, and liminality, while speaking to the Diasporic experience of time and space.

If Gaza has a future outside incarceration, it lies in ending its liminality and present state of exception.

Jean Jost summarises the function of liminality in The Canterbury Tales, "Both appropriately and ironically in this raucous and subversive liminal space, a ragtag assembly gather together and tell their equally unconventional tales.

Common combinations with liminality

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "liminality" in a sentence?
An example: "The struggles between belonging and liminality, and between delusion and hope, are the beating heart of Ma’s softly satirical new novel." This page contains 8 example sentences with the word "liminality" from authentic English texts.
What does "liminality" mean?
Liminality means: The fact of being on the border of, or in between, two states.
How many example sentences with "liminality" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 8 example sentences with "liminality", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.