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[ sey-lee-uhns, seyl-yuhns ] / ˈseɪ li əns, ˈseɪl yəns / SEE SYNONYMS FOR salience ON THESAURUS.COM
nounthe state or condition of being salient. a salient or projecting object, part, or feature. Origin of salienceFirst recorded in 1830–40; see origin at salient, -ence Words nearby saliencesalicylamide, salicylate, salicylic, salicylic acid, salicylism, salience, saliency, salient, salientian, Salieri, saliferous Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for salienceSome have disputed the salience of Vietnam for the Afghan strategy debate. What Obama Learned From My Book|Gordon M. Goldstein|December 11, 2009|DAILY BEAST Her eyes were bright and resolute, and the lamplight threw into salience the curve of her jaw and chin. In the Khorsabad relief (Fig. 107) the salience of these horns is less marked. A History of Art in Chalda & Assyria, v. 1|Georges Perrot By constricting187 the waist it accentuates the salience of the bosom and hips. Woman and Womanhood|C. W. Saleeby
For it is, I am compelled to think, the salience of personality. Painted Windows|Harold Begbie It is a salience complete, dominating, unapproached, but one which must infallibly diminish with time. Painted Windows|Harold Begbie
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