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positionality

noun

Etymology

From positional + -ity.

  1. derived from positiō
  2. derived from posicion
  3. inherited from posicioun
  4. suffixed as positional — “position + -al”
  5. suffixed as positionality — “positional + ity”

Definitions

  1. The quality of being positional.

  2. The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and…

    The social context one inhabits that shapes and defines a person's identity and perspective.

    • In the post-civil rights era, some white men have adopted a marginalized positionality in an effort to reclaim the tacit social privileges of being white, heterosexual and male.

The neighborhood

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA