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marginality|mɑːdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ|
[f. marginal a. + -ity.]
The quality or state of being marginal (in various senses of the adj.).
1929Pitman's Econ. Educator III. 1352/1 The exchange value of commodities determines their marginal utility and itself expresses their marginal cost. The notion of marginality in this way sheds light upon the economic conflict. 1951M. S. Rix Investment Arithmetic xii. 117 Priority percentages are also sometimes used to compare the gearing, or marginality, of one company's equity with another. 1955Times 21 June 11/7 The region now has 28 Conservative to 15 Labour marginal seats. Conservatives also have the larger share of ‘marginality’ in the South and West. 1961S. R. Herman in J. A. Fishman Readings Sociol. of Lang. (1968) 508 The choice of language at the various stages in the above case history reflects the passage from a position of marginality..to a position of adjustment as a member of Israel society retaining the elements of identity derived from socialization in another culture. 1963L. Trilling in N. Frye Romanticism Reconsidered 96 And the converse of what explains Nietzsche's relative marginality explains Dostoevsky's position at the very heart of the modern spiritual life. 1964R. D. Hopper in I. L. Horowitz New Sociol. 19 Marginality here means that, in pre-revolutionary societies, there is formed a group that is marginal to the structure of political power and social prestige. 1971World Archaeol. III. 146 All of these facts combine to form a general picture of marginality in resources. 1974R. Jessop Traditionalism, Conservatism & Brit. Polit. Culture ii. 42 A marginal [social] class..is more likely to become class-conscious than one that is relatively secure and unexploited. Marginality in turn can be due to adverse market conditions, to technological change, to political action, to bad luck, or some other factor. |