salience

/'seiljəns/ Cách viết khác : (saliency) /'seiljənsi/

Thân thiện

The salience of the red warning light made it impossible to ignore.

Definition

Noun: 1. The quality or state of being salient; prominence: The condition of being particularly noticeable, important, or conspicuous. 2. A salient feature or detail: A specific point or aspect that stands out or is most significant.

Usage

"Salience" is used to describe the quality of something that attracts attention or stands out from its surroundings due to its importance, relevance, or physical prominence. It is often used in academic, psychological, and general descriptive contexts.

Examples

• The salience of the red warning light made it impossible to ignore.
• In his speech, he emphasized the salience of economic reform for the country's future.
• The study examines the salience of environmental issues in voters' minds.

Advanced Usage

• Cognitive Salience: In psychology and linguistics, this refers to the property of a stimulus that makes it stand out and therefore more likely to be attended to, remembered, or learned.
  • The cognitive salience of a brand's logo can influence consumer choice.
• Issue Salience: In political science, this refers to the perceived importance or prominence of a political issue to the public.
  • The salience of healthcare as an issue increased dramatically during the pandemic.

Variants and Related Words

• Salient (adjective): Most noticeable or important; prominent; projecting outward.
  • He summarized the salient points of the report.
• Saliency (noun): An alternative, less common form of "salience," with identical meaning.

Synonyms

• Prominence
• Conspicuousness
• Noticeability
• Strikingness
• Importance

Antonyms

• Inconspicuousness
• Unimportance
• Obscurity

Học thuật

Noun

1. the state of being salient

Từ đồng nghĩa

• saliency
• strikingness