the periphery
The outer limits
The periphery is the outer edge or boundary of something, as opposed to its center: houses on the periphery of town, the periphery of the retina.
Figuratively, it describes marginal involvement or awareness: He remained on the periphery of the conversation.
The phrase emphasizes distance from a central point—geographic, social, or conceptual.
- edgeBoundary or sharpness
- outer edgeBounding line of something
- borderOuter edge or limit
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- fringeOutermost edge or margin
outcast · marginalized · underrepresented · horizon · excluded · diaspora · frontier · far reaches · alienated · outskirts · no man's land · rim · hinterland · limit · out of bounds · circumference · extremity · subculture
periphery, peripheral, peripherally, peripherals, perimeter, period, periodic, periodical, periodically