Focalisations

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. The process of directing attention towards a specific point for concentration or clarity
2. The act of making something central or prominent in a discussion or analysis
3. The adjustments made to enhance visibility or detail in a particular area of focus

Etymology: Latin "focus" originally meant a hearth or fireplace, the spot where a household gathered around the fire. Johannes Kepler later used the Latin word for the point where light rays converge, and English took it with that optical meaning, which is where the idea of a central point comes from. The verb "focalise" was formed from "focus" with the suffix "-ise," meaning to make something a focus, and "focalisation" adds "-ation" to name the act. The French narratologist Gérard Genette adopted the term for the viewpoint through which a story's events are filtered, and the sense of making something central in analysis grew out of that literary usage. The plural "focalisations" is simply the countable form of the noun.

Synonyms: focusings, centering, concentrations, emphases, INVALID