DIVIDING LINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dividing line mean? 

• DIVIDING LINE (noun)
  The noun DIVIDING LINE has 1 sense:

1. a conceptual separation or distinction

  Familiarity information: DIVIDING LINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DIVIDING LINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A conceptual separation or distinction

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

contrast; demarcation; dividing line; line

Context example:

there is a narrow line between sanity and insanity

Hypernyms ("dividing line" is a kind of...):

differentiation; distinction (a discrimination between things as different and distinct on the basis of their characteristics or attributes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dividing line"):

point of no return; Rubicon (a line that when crossed permits of no return and typically results in irrevocable commitment)

 Context examples 

Straddling the dividing line between two categories.

(Borderline, NCI Thesaurus)