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marginality

marginality \marginality\ n. the property of being marginal or on the fringes.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
marginality

1849, from marginal + -ity.

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marginality

n. The state of being marginal

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marginality

n. the property of being marginal or on the fringes [ant: centrality]

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On the one hand, he intends to exploit the marginality of the serious writer as a posture of unassimilatability, as a means of avoiding becoming one more shelf item, which has to do not only with the thematic politicization of the novel but also with the tinge of dread that structural unresolvability instills.