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Liminoid vs. Liminal — What's the Difference?

Liminoid vs. Liminal — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Liminoid and Liminal

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Liminoid

(anthropology) Having characteristics of a liminal experience, but optional and not involving the resolution of a personal crisis.
A graduation ceremony might be regarded as liminal, while a rock concert might be understood to be liminoid.

Liminal

Intermediate between two states, conditions, or regions; transitional or indeterminate
"While doctors operate, she hangs suspended in the liminal space between life and death" (Jeremy Eichler).

Liminal

Existing at the limen. Used of stimuli.

Liminal

Of or pertaining to an entrance or threshold.

Liminal

Of or pertaining to a beginning or first stage of a process.
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Liminal

Of or pertaining to a limen, especially a sensory threshhold.

Liminal

Marginally perceptible.

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