noun
anteriority
Anteriority (noun) means the fact of coming earlier than something else in time or order.
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The fact of coming earlier than something else in time or order.
"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."
— Thomas R. West, Signs of Struggle (2002)
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Etymology
It comes from Middle French antériorité, from Late Latin anteriōritās, corresponding to anterior + -ity.
Synonyms
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posteriority
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What is the meaning of anteriority?
"anteriority" (noun) means the fact of coming earlier than something else in time or order.
What is another word for anteriority?
Other words for "anteriority" include precedence, antecedency, antecedence, precedency, priority.
What is the opposite of anteriority?
The opposite of "anteriority" is posteriority.
