Anteriority

//ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation. countable, uncountable

    "It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments."

  2. 2
    preceding in time wordnet
  3. 3
    the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head wordnet

Synonyms

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antecedenceantecedencyprecedencepriorityanticipationdisplay

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"It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments."

Etymology

From Middle French antériorité, from Late Latin anteriōritās, corresponding to anterior + -ity.

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