centerground en · NOUN
Etymology
From center + ground.
Meanings
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(figuratively, often, uncountable) The area between foreground and background; middle distance.
And with Sellars’ shift to the centerground of philosophical interest, we have, all of a sudden, two such books appearing almost contemporaneously.
2008 April 3, Jaroslav Peregrin, “Book Reviews”, in Erkenntnis, volume 69, number 1, →DOI, pages 131–135:The farmer's wife is visible in the centerground of the painting.
Forms
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| centreground | alternative | lexicographic |