{
  "id": "significance.importance",
  "term": "significance",
  "sense": "importance",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 5,
  "domain": "general",
  "style": null,
  "definition": "A pattern that persists through time and space and makes a difference.",
  "folk_gloss": null,
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "pattern.regularity",
      "persist.continue",
      "difference.relation",
      "space.extent",
      "time.dimension"
    ],
    "interaction": "A pattern that continues through time and space and differs from what is usual produces significance.",
    "novel_properties": [
      "notable impact",
      "attention-worthy"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [
    {
      "id": "important.significance",
      "type": "enables",
      "note": "significance enables importance"
    },
    {
      "id": "meaning.significance",
      "type": "abstracts",
      "note": "significance is abstracted in meaning"
    }
  ],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "significance"
  ],
  "closed": true,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "openrouter:qwen/qwen3-235b-a22b-2507",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.6
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-significance.importance"
}