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Demarcation

Demarcation Meaning & Definition
Demarcation Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Demarcation?

[n] a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity"
[n] the boundary of a specific area

Synonyms | Synonyms for Demarcation: contrast | demarcation line | dividing line | limit | line

Related Terms | Find terms related to Demarcation: alteration | analysis | anatomization | atomization | ban | bar | barring | blockade | bounding | boycott | change | circling-in | circumscribing | circumscription | contradistinction | debarment | debarring | definition | delimitation | desynonymization | determination | differencing | differentiation | discrimination | disequalization | disjunction | distinction | distinctiveness | distinguishment | diversification | division | embargo | encincture | exception | exclusion | hairsplitting | inadmissibility | inclusion-exclusion | individualization | individuation | injunction | lockout | microscopic distinction | modification | narrowing | nice distinction | nonadmission | nuance | omission | particularization | personalization | preclusion | prohibition | rejection | relegation | repudiation | restriction | segregation | separation | severalization | severance | shade of difference | specialization | specification | subtle distinction | taboo | trichoschistism | variation

See Also | bound | boundary | bounds | city limit | city limits | differentiation | distinction | lower limit | point of no return | Rubicon | three-mile limit | upper limit

Demarcation In Webster's Dictionary

\De`mar*ca"tion\, n. [F. d['e]marcation; pref. d['e]- (L. de) + marquer to mark, of German origin. See {Mark}.] The act of marking, or of ascertaining and setting a limit; separation; distinction. The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint, obscure, and not easily definable. --Burke.

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