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Definition
the setting of a boundary or conceptual separation; or the resultant boundary — especially of land- line of demarcation between North and South Korea
- The conclusion which I am warranted in drawing from these observations is, that a mere demarcation on parchment of the constitutional limits of the several departments, is not a sufficient guard against those encroachments which lead to a tyrannical concentration of all the powers of government in the same hands.James Madison -- Federalist Papers
- For those were times when there was no rigid demarcation of rank between the farmer and the respectable artisan,George Eliot -- Adam Bede
- The desk had become a point of division and demarcation.Pat Conroy -- The Lords of Discipline
- In the chaos of defeat, the demarcations between Germany and Austria had not faded, and each jealously guarded what remained to it.Mark Helprin -- A Soldier of the Great War
- "I'll tell you what the problem is, mate," said Majikthise, "demarcation, that's the problem!"Douglas Adams -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
- The canyon widened; there was a clear demarcation where the red walls gave place to yellow; the brook showed no outlet from its subterranean channel.Zane Grey -- The Heritage of the Desert
- The strict demarcation between the whites and Mexicans in some areas appeared to be breaking down.Luis J. Rodriguez -- Always Running
- The Devils Thumb demarcates the Alaska-British Columbia border east of Petersburg, a fishing village accessible only by boat or plane.Jon Krakauer -- Into the Wild
- Kerenyi Lajos is with the other Hungarians beyond the demarcation line.Boris Pasternak -- Doctor Zhivago
- "It would be curious to try to formulate the line of demarcation," said Dr. Ferris, in the tone of an idle academic remark.Ayn Rand -- Atlas Shrugged
- The wall itself extended in both directions, curving around the hill below the villas' balconies, at once demarcation and protection.Robert Ludlum -- The Bourne Ultimatum
- Along the lower line of cheek and jaw was a clear demarcation, where the brown of tanned skin met the white that had been hidden from the sun.Zane Grey -- Riders of the Purple Sage
- Fundidora, was quick to remind complacent or forgetful employees of the fragile demarcation between life and death.W. William Winokur -- The Perfect Game
- The others refuse the 'presentation,' refuse the seductive safe harbor; the line of demarcation between...them and us.Toni Morrison -- Sula
- She was waiting on the porch—a patient, beaten creature without sex demarcation at all save the neat screw of graying hair and the skirt—when the buggy drove up.William Faulkner -- Light in August
- The line of demarcation was so marked between information willingly supplied and politely declined that the latter ceased to stir resentment, except fitfully from Mallinson.James Hilton -- Lost Horizon
- Demarcating the Nepal-Tibet border, towering more than 12,000 feet above the valleys at its base, Everest looms as a three-sided pyramid of gleaming ice and dark, striated rock.Jon Krakauer -- Into Thin Air
- And again, as she soon discovered, the line of demarcation and stratification between the rich and the poor in Lycurgus was as sharp as though cut by a knife or divided by a high wall.Theodore Dreiser -- An American Tragedy
- Off to the side, Corinthian pillars flattened into the wall demarcated three "chapels" which were nothing more than recesses, each with a rail for private prayer and a place to light candles.Abraham Verghese -- Cutting for Stone