Definition of "centrality" [cen•tral•i•ty]

• The state or quality of being central. (noun)
• A tendency to be or remain at the center. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "The case for Iran’s centrality is not, in fact, even remotely plausible."
• "Indeed, the case for Iran’s centrality is convincing."
• "For instance, while religion certainly plays a bigger role in politics and public life in the United States than it does in some of the more liberal western European states, the difference is not so large as to warrant calling the centrality of religion in American politics "theocratic.""