liminal
pronunciation
How to pronounce liminal in British English:
UK ['lɪmɪnl]
How to pronounce liminal in American English:
US ['lɪmɪnəl]
Word Origin
- liminal (adj.)
- 1884, from Latin limen "threshold, cross-piece, sill" (see limit (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Liminality.
Example
- 1. October is a liminal month , a threshold both threatening and alluring .
- 2. As science grows and becomes more and more complicated , having people that can exist in these liminal spaces is going to be increasingly important .
- 3. From double-exposed victorian spirit images to modern digitally retouched files , photographs occupy a strange liminal space between truth and fiction .
- 4. And that 's a world that , while clearly a product of an auteur 's idiosyncratic impulses , meets viewers at precisely that liminal state between dream and reality where movies work best .