Demarcation

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Demarcation \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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           The speculative line of demarcation, where obedience
           ought to end and resistance must begin, is faint,
           obscure, and not easily definable.       --Burke.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  demarcation
       n 1: the boundary of a specific area [syn: {limit}, {demarcation
            line}]
       2: a conceptual separation or demarcation; "there is a narrow
          line between sanity and insanity" [syn: {line}, {dividing
          line}, {contrast}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "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