Meanings
plural anteriorities
- countableuncountableThe state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.
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.
2002, Thomas R. West, Signs of Struggle, page 23Synonyms: antecedence, antecedency, precedence, priority
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head
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Origin
- Late Latinanteriōritās
- Middle Frenchantériorité
- Englishanteriority
From Middle French antériorité, from Late Latin anteriōritās, corresponding to anterior + -ity.
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Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan anterioritat, prioritat
- anterioritatstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
- prioritatstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
German Vorzeitigkeit
- Vorzeitigkeitstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
Hungarian előidejűség
- előidejűségstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
Irish réamhtheacht
- réamhtheachtstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
Italian anteriorità
- anterioritàstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
Portuguese anterioridade
- anterioridadestate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
Spanish anterioridad
- anterioridadstate of being anterior or preceding in time or in situation
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with anteriority
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anteriority. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/anteriority
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