marginality

English

Etymology

From marginal +‎ -ity.

Noun

marginality (countable and uncountable, plural marginalities)

1. The state of being marginal
   • 2007, Andrew Shanken, “The Sublime "Jackass"”, in Places, volume 19:

     We have all heard of places where police will not go, or where they simply cannot impose order because of the vastness and marginality of the spaces.

Related terms

• social marginality

See also

• marginalia