Liminal

Pronunciation: /ˈlɪmɪnəl/

Liminal (adj)

  1. Describing a time or place where people feel they are between two stages, not fully in either one.
  2. Having a strange, unclear feeling, as if something important is about to happen or has just happened.
  3. Related to a ritual stage when someone is changing status and is not yet part of the new group.

Liminal (adjective)

Examples

  • The hallway felt like an in-between state, liminal and quiet.
  • She paused in a liminal moment before the decision.