salience
noun/ˈseɪliəns/
/ˈseɪliəns/
[uncountable, singular]- the quality of being particularly important or easy to notice
- This issue has been growing in salience.
- Plain packaging can increase the salience of health warnings on cigarette packets.
- salience for somebody/something The themes in the book have a special salience for adolescents.
- This question has particular salience for environmental law.
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