Preorigin
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 An ultimate source or origin, before the generally known or accepted origin.
"In order to uncover and thereby unleash the force that both constitutes and disrupts signification in language, Kristeva returns to what she identifies as the source of that force, an ontological preorigin of meaning."
Example
More examples"In order to uncover and thereby unleash the force that both constitutes and disrupts signification in language, Kristeva returns to what she identifies as the source of that force, an ontological preorigin of meaning."
Etymology
From pre- + origin.
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