Anteposition

//æntɪpəˈzɪʃən// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The placing of something in front of something else, especially of words in a sentence. countable, rare, uncountable

Synonyms

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antithesisconfrontationcontentioncontrarietycontrastdominion

Etymology

From Latin anteponere.

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