1. the quality or condition of being central or at the center
2. the importance or significance of something as a main or essential element

Examples

• The centrality of the town square made it a natural meeting place.
• She questioned the centrality of standardized testing in education.
• The centrality of family values in their culture was evident.
• The building’s centrality to the campus made it easily accessible.
• Researchers debated the centrality of this theory to modern psychology.
• The centrality of the main character drives the entire plot.