EGAVE

liminal

About 0.39 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. adjective Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
  2. adjective Pertaining to or in a state that is in-between or transitional between two (or more) other states, while belonging to neither; pertaining to or in a state such as to be neither definitively in a particular other state or category nor definitively outside it.
  3. adjective Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.
  4. adjective Of an empty environment that evokes a surreal blend of nostalgia, comfort, and unease; see liminal space.

Similar words

periliminal superliminal super-liminal underthreshold subliminal sub-liminal in-betweeny interludial liminocentric intermedial

Often followed by

space state period phase position spaces and status zone stage

Word family

liminalities liminality

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