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Positionality is an English word. Below you'll find 3 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Positionality meaning

  1. The quality of being positional.
  2. The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and perspective.

Using Positionality

  • The main meaning on this page is: The quality of being positional. | The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and perspective.
  • In the example corpus, positionality often appears in combinations such as: her positionality.

Context around Positionality

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 33.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

speaking 1×

Sentence patterns with Positionality

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

offered her positionality speaking on 1× situation her positionality as a 1× system of positionality and privilege 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

all ms vasquez 1× ceilidh offered her 1×

Common sentence endings:

positionality and privilege 1× student on campus 1× went on fieldwork 1×

Words around Positionality

Just before it in the word index:

positional 121 position 27.822 positing 22 posited 161 positano 13 posit 69

Just after it in the word index:

positionally 8 positioned 1.228 positioning 698 positions 6.008 positive 14.519 positively 951

Similar in corpus frequency:

aaas 7 aacc 7 aacs 7 aafes 7 aah 7 aankh 7

Corpus analysis for Positionality

  • In this selection, "positionality" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 33.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, speaking stand out and add context to how "positionality" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include offered her positionality speaking on and situation her positionality as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "positionality" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with positionality

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

Ceilidh offered her positionality, speaking on how the gala connected with her as an Indigenous Student on campus. (18 words)

All Ms. Vasquez did was tell stories of a Lumad girl, her indigenous community’s situation, her positionality as a student of an elite school and raised by a middle-class family and her insights as she went on fieldwork. (40 words)

I’d also like to spur a wider conversation about the degree to which aid organisations will need to directly challenge their own staff if they are to initiate the radical changes necessary to dismantle a powerful system of positionality and privilege. (42 words)

Longer example sentences

I’d also like to spur a wider conversation about the degree to which aid organisations will need to directly challenge their own staff if they are to initiate the radical changes necessary to dismantle a powerful system of positionality and privilege. (42 words)

All Ms. Vasquez did was tell stories of a Lumad girl, her indigenous community’s situation, her positionality as a student of an elite school and raised by a middle-class family and her insights as she went on fieldwork. (40 words)

Ceilidh offered her positionality, speaking on how the gala connected with her as an Indigenous Student on campus. (18 words)

Example sentences (3)

All Ms. Vasquez did was tell stories of a Lumad girl, her indigenous community’s situation, her positionality as a student of an elite school and raised by a middle-class family and her insights as she went on fieldwork.

I’d also like to spur a wider conversation about the degree to which aid organisations will need to directly challenge their own staff if they are to initiate the radical changes necessary to dismantle a powerful system of positionality and privilege.

Ceilidh offered her positionality, speaking on how the gala connected with her as an Indigenous Student on campus.

Common combinations with positionality

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "positionality" in a sentence?
An example: "All Ms. Vasquez did was tell stories of a Lumad girl, her indigenous community’s situation, her positionality as a student of an elite school and raised by a middle-class family and her insights as she went on fieldwork." This page contains 3 example sentences with the word "positionality" from authentic English texts.
What does "positionality" mean?
Positionality means: The quality of being positional.
How many example sentences with "positionality" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 3 example sentences with "positionality", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.