saliency

American  

[sey-lee-uhn-see, seyl-yuhn-] / ˈseɪ li ən si, ˈseɪl yən- /

noun

plural

saliencies

1. salience.

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Etymology

Origin of saliency

First recorded in 1655–65; salient, -ency

Example Sentences

Time was, America’s aspiration was for preoccupations with racial, sexual and ethnic differences to lose political saliency, and to recede as relations between the sexes and races became more relaxed.

From Washington Post • Mar. 11, 2022

The "saliency algorithm" decided how images would be cropped in Twitter previews, before being clicked on to open at full size.

From BBC • Aug. 10, 2021

This turns on the bird units, which further drive the algorithm to enhance the saliency of birds in the image, and so on.

From Scientific American • Nov. 2, 2015

"The message of the value of taxpayers' money, whether it's applied to federal, provincial or municipal government, is a message that has great saliency," said John Wright, pollster at Ipsos-Reid.

From Reuters • Nov. 18, 2013

"Preaching down a daughter's heart," the beautiful phrase of Tennyson, becomes the duty of every woman who finds in her daughter saliency of intellect and individuality of will.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume II by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady