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always already

always already adverb: by definition or inherently; a priori.

Adverb

always already

  1. By definition or inherently; a priori.
    • From PK's perspective, PK is always already achieved. Since every geistige being always already participates in PK, the most 'complete bias' possible is when a thinker is utterly mistaken about PK: independently of how false a notion of[…]2017 May 5, Thom Brooks, Sebastian Stein, Hegel's Political Philosophy: On the Normative Significance of Method and System, Oxford University Press, →ISBN
    • Hence individuals are 'abstract' with respect to the subjects, which they always-already are. [...] That an individual is always-already a subject, even before he is born, is nevertheless the plain reality, accessible to everyone[…]2018 November 29, Calvin Thomas, Adventures in Theory: A Compact Anthology, Bloomsbury Publishing USA, →ISBN, page 147

Forms of always already

alternative formalways-already

Origin of always already

Calque of German immer schon.

Questions about always already

What does always already mean?
Always already means by definition or inherently; a priori.
What part of speech is always already?
Always already is an adverb.

Words near always already in the dictionary

  1. alwayes
  2. alwayez
  3. alwayness
  4. always
  5. always a bridesmaid, never a bride
  6. always already
  7. always the bridesmaid, never the bride
  8. always was, always will be
  9. always-on
  10. alwaysness
  11. alwayz

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