adjective
- relating to a transitional or initial stage of a process; occupying a position at, or on both sides of, a boundary or threshold
Usage: often used in psychology and anthropology
Examples
- The teenager experienced a liminal phase between childhood and adulthood.
- Dawn represents a liminal time between night and day.
- The airport terminal felt like a liminal space, neither here nor there.
- Graduation ceremonies mark liminal moments in students’ lives.
- The artist explored liminal states of consciousness in her work.
- The border town existed in a liminal zone between two cultures.