LIMINAL SPACE Definition & Meaning

liminal space

[ lim-uh-nl speys ]

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noun

a state or place characterized by being transitional or intermediate in some way: In the film, Venice is a liminal space where the real and imaginary meet.
Motels are such liminal spaces—everyone there is either coming or going.
In the film, Venice is a liminal space where the real and imaginary meet.
Informal. any location that is unsettling, uncanny, or dreamlike:
The classroom when school is out for the summer is a liminal space.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of liminal space¹

First recorded in 1970–75

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The humor comes from star Hauser, who easily occupies the liminal space between comedy and drama.

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Foreign assistance fills the liminal space between harder and softer forms of power, reducing friction in the sometimes fraught but often low-stakes interactions that comprise the bulk of international political engagement.

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And yet in this liminal space dedicated to emotional drifting, I truly felt like I was nowhere at all.

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While some characters pop up time and again over the course of the play, they often occupy a liminal space between dream and reality, reappearing at the scenes of other shootings or speaking from beyond the grave.

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And yet people continue to move to Los Angeles, a place synonymous with liminal space — the space between who we are and who we want to become.

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