foregoneness

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noun

The quality of being foregone.

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Meanings

nounforegoneness (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe quality of being foregone.

    The foregoneness of the conclusion is called the march of discovery. After all, what is there to history but contexts progressively falling into order?

    2002, Brian Massumi, Stanley Fish, Fredric Jameson, Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation, page 218

Origin

From foregone + -ness.

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APA

foregoneness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregoneness

MLA

“foregoneness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregoneness. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foregoneness,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foregoneness.

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