anteriority

/ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/

anteriority means the state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.

anteriority is pronounced /ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/.

Etymology

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

noun

The 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.”