anteriority

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/
• Rhymes: -ɒɹɪti

Noun

anteriority (countable and uncountable, plural anteriorities)

1. The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.
   • 2002, Thomas R. West, Signs of Struggle, page 23:

     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.

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:anteriority

Translations

state of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation

Catalan: anterioritat f, prioritat f Galician: anterioridade (gl) f Hungarian: előidejűség (hu) Irish: réamhtheacht f Portuguese: anterioridade (pt) f Spanish: anterioridad (es) f

References

• “anteriority”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.