Meanings
adjectiveaforegiven (not comparable)
- not comparableGiven or provided previously.
Rather than reviewing the literature in detail, I will begin by noting that the aforegiven partial and superficial overview suggests that estrangement happens when people cease to own something, which might be taken to imply that all estrangement presupposes the institution of private property.
2019 March 1, Boris Hennig, “Self-Knowledge, Estrangement, and Social Metabolism”, in Monthly Review, New York, N.Y.: Monthly Review Foundation, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Jun 2023
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aforegiven. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforegiven
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“aforegiven.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/aforegiven. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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