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preconformity

preconformity noun: conformity in advance.

Noun

preconformity (uncountable)

  1. conformity in advance
    • These great First Truths, these good and gracious Tidings, these holy and humanizing Spells, in the preconformity to which our very humanity may be said to consist, are so infused, that it were but a tame and inadequate expression to say, we all take them for granted.1825, S[amuel] T[aylor] Coleridge, Aids to Reflection in the Formation of a Manly Character on the Several Grounds of Prudence, Morality, and Religion: […], London: […] Thomas Davison, […] for Taylor...

Origin of preconformity

From pre- + conformity.

Questions about preconformity

What does preconformity mean?
Preconformity means conformity in advance.
What part of speech is preconformity?
Preconformity is a noun.

Words near preconformity in the dictionary

  1. preconfluently
  2. preconform
  3. preconformational
  4. preconformed
  5. preconforming
  6. preconformity
  7. preconforms
  8. precongressional
  9. precongruence
  10. precongruences
  11. preconisation

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