Premastery

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Before reaching the level of mastery. not-comparable

    "However, the children who were at the premastery levels in the memory and attention experiments either were unaware of the need for auxiliary stimuli (primitive stage) or were unable to use them successfully (naïve psychology stage)."

Example

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"However, the children who were at the premastery levels in the memory and attention experiments either were unaware of the need for auxiliary stimuli (primitive stage) or were unable to use them successfully (naïve psychology stage)."

Etymology

From pre- + mastery.

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