centrality

[ sen-tral-i-tee ]

/ sɛnˈtræl ɪ ti /

a central position or state: the centrality of the sun.

a vital, critical, or important position: the centrality of education to modern civilization.

Origin of centrality

First recorded in 1640–50; central¹ + -ity

Due to its centrality, the Salt Lake field plays an outsized role in terms of strange petroleum events in the city.

The Fiery Underground Oil Pit Eating L.A. |Geoff Manaugh |December 6, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Beyond this, we fail to see the centrality of economic growth in Democratic messaging.

Goodbye, Blue: A Post-Obama Democratic Doctrine |Doug Schoen, Jessica Tarlov |November 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
From time to time, we hear denials of the centrality of slavery to the Civil War.

David's Bookclub: Battle Cry of Freedom |David Frum |May 23, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Both of these leaders have repeatedly emphasized the centrality of “Jewish values.”

Likud: From Begin To Bibi |Avi Shilon |February 5, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Given the centrality of Egypt to the future of the Middle East, this makes no strategic sense.

Is Egypt an Ally of the U.S.? |P.J. Crowley |September 16, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
It was something quite different from happiness: an alert enjoyment of rest, an intense and satisfying sense of centrality.

Aaron's Rod |D. H. Lawrence
The group of trees above Apollo and the reclining figures either side of him accent the centrality of his position.

Artist and Public |Kenyon Cox
It makes much, of course, of the centrality of mind both in well-being and pain.

Modern Religious Cults and Movements |Gaius Glenn Atkins
Character is centrality, the impossibility of being displaced or overset.

Essays, Second Series |Ralph Waldo Emerson
The path of centrality will then cross in the equatorial region.

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 |Various

centrality

/ (sɛnˈtrælɪtɪ) /

the state or condition of being central