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I’ve searched synonyms in google, I hope it helps:

“Some common synonyms of salient are conspicuous, noticeable, outstanding, prominent, remarkable, and striking.”

Thank you for your effort, but I still don't see how I can fit this in my text.

I forgot to mention: this is the context for the word (which seems like a definition, but I don't understand it).

"salience (i.e., when the activity becomes the sole focus of the individual's life, leading to cravings to engage in the activity and potentially distorted behaviours and thoughts)"

Maybe you could post the whole sentence then? Hard to give a good translation without context

Ok, hear me out:

“Salience is the noun form of the condition of being salient. It may also be used to call something a highlight, or a definitive attribute.

Saliency is a synonym for salience and there is no difference between the two. Salience is more popular, being used slightly more than three times for each saliency. The exception is in the business world, where saliency is used as a term for brand awareness; in other words, the degree to which the brand sets itself apart from competition.”

In this context, I would assume: overestimating the chance of rare events. So without reason, thinking that the chance of high payouts is common instead of very uncommon.

Edit: So people focus on what stands out--the large prize--or in other words what is salient.

A "cancel purchase" button that is just 8pt text in the top corner of the screen is less Salient than a button with the same function that is the same size and style as the "confirm" button - i.e. in a readable size in a prominent place on the screen with an actual background to make it clear that it's a button.

Stuff that isn't salient doesn't stand out to the user. That makes them more likely to miss the option and decide to take a different one they otherwise might not have taken.

Something that is salient is immediately apparent or “jumps out” at you. In this context, I would guess that it’s speaking to the predominance of an activity in someone’s life, i.e., an activity becomes highly salient once it is highly predominant.

Google is your friend. In this case, the word “salience” is a scientific term.

“In summary 'salience' refers to the ability of stimuli to gain preferential attentional processing and is often referred to in terms of dopamine release and motivational drive.”

https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1389056/1/Tom%20Freeman_PhD_id_removed.pdf

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It basically means how much an issue is on people’s minds and how much an issue has on public opinion. As an example, in the 2012 election, health care was a high salience issue since the candidates talked about it a lot. In 2016, immigration had increased salience- it wasn’t talked much about in 2012 but Trump’s nomination and “build the wall” increased the salience. In 2020, immigration was lower salience since Covid and Black Lives Matter took up most of the dialogue.

Edit: I’m not sure if this fits your context. I’ve only ever heard the word with respect to politics.

So, how would that be in terms of addiction? Could it be similar to an obsession?

Oh, I guess this makes sense to understand the word in general. I can picture this even. Thanks!

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Well, I sincerely don’t know, without reading what are you reading. But I suppose, based on what I understand, is an obsession with a specific game over other games. But I don’t know for sure, sorry.

Thank you for your help though!

I think my brain might just be blocking the understanding of this word because I'm set on a translation I can't find.

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Salience basically means "stand out-iness". E.g. a salient issue is an issue that stands out as important. In addiction, it refers to how the thing you're addicted to is constantly at the top of your mind.

This paper describes it well:

> This refers to when the particular activity becomes the most important activity in the person’s life and dominates their thinking (preoccupations and cognitive distortions), feelings (cravings) and behaviour (deterioration of socialized behaviour). For instance, even if the person is not actually engaged in the behaviour they will be thinking about the next time they will be.

For psychology purposes, a topic's salience is how much of one's attention it gets.

You've surely met someone who can't seem to shut up about a certain topic. Maybe it's a ten-year-old who just LOVES Pokémon, maybe it's a grown man who's idolized some populist politician. Every conversation with this person somehow gets redirected to the thing they want to talk about, and it's always the same thing. That topic has a high salience for that person. Psychologists will be on the lookout for people who can't seem to give the proper amount of attention to other topics or activities, such as their family or personal hygiene, which is a bright line between "oh lawd, he on THAT again..." and "cray-cray harmful behavior."

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