Meaning & use
salience
The quality of being particularly noticeable, important, or prominent.
See it in a sentence
The salience of climate change in the debate showed how much public opinion had shifted.
Researchers measured the salience of each word by tracking how quickly readers noticed it.
A note on using this word
Salience is common in psychology and media studies to describe what stands out and draws attention.
Words with a similar meaning
prominenceimportance
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Words with an opposite meaning
insignificance
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