Salience

Meaning

The quality of being particularly noticeable or important; prominence in a given context

Origin / Etymology

Latin salire (to leap), via saliens (leaping forth)

Synonyms

Prominence Importance Significance

Antonyms

Insignificance Obscurity Marginality

Example Sentence

"The salience of critical minerals in India's foreign policy was underscored by the IREL-ITRRE rare-earth pact with Vietnam."

🎯 UPSC Usage

GS2 / GS3 essays: useful framing word for thesis statements, the salience of an issue, the political salience of an identity, the strategic salience of a region.

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