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foregoneness

foregoneness noun: the quality of being foregone.

Noun

foregoneness (uncountable)

  1. The 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 of foregoneness

From foregone + -ness.

Questions about foregoneness

What does foregoneness mean?
Foregoneness means the quality of being foregone.
What part of speech is foregoneness?
Foregoneness is a noun.

Words near foregoneness in the dictionary

  1. foregoes
  2. foregoing
  3. foregone
  4. foregone conclusion
  5. foregone conclusions
  6. foregoneness
  7. foregrant
  8. foregranted
  9. foregrants
  10. foregrasp
  11. foregrip

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