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Liminality

Liminality is a word that can be defined as the sensation of feeling nostalgia despite having no memories of an event that provoked the feeling, similar to Deja Vu. The word Liminality is derived from the Latin word līmen, meaning "threshold". The first use of the word was by anthropologist Arnold van Gennep in 1909 in his book The Rites of Passage. In 1964 the word was expanded upon by Victor Turner, getting it into the dictionary.

Liminality is often provoked through imagery, although it is possible to incorporate it into text. The most common liminal spaces are of hallways, or commonly visited locations such as malls, gas stations, suburban areas, etc.

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