Predead

adj, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pre-dead. alt-of, alternative, plural, plural-only

    "The antifemale violence implicit in such targettings of the sex appeal of the inorganic is made explicit in the everyday identification of fashion victim as zombie, the predead or undead (one of the recurrent "signatures" both of the serial killer and his victims)."

Adjective
  1. 1
    Alternative form of pre-dead. alt-of, alternative, not-comparable

    "Ads that had created the most visually sophisticated audience on earth: the American TV viewer. For such an audience, Radler knew, the shows being churned out by the networks were . . . predead."

Example

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"Ads that had created the most visually sophisticated audience on earth: the American TV viewer. For such an audience, Radler knew, the shows being churned out by the networks were . . . predead."

Etymology

From pre- + dead.

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