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precritical

precritical adjective: before a critical stage.

Adjective

precritical (not comparable)

  1. Before a critical stage.
  2. Prior to the critical philosophy of Immanuel Kant.

Forms of precritical

alternative formpre-critical

Origin of precritical

From pre- + critical.

Questions about precritical

What does precritical mean?
Precritical means before a critical stage.
What part of speech is precritical?
Precritical is an adjective.

Words near precritical in the dictionary

  1. precricoid
  2. precrime
  3. precrimes
  4. precrisis
  5. precristid
  6. precritical
  7. precruise
  8. precruising
  9. precrural
  10. precrystalline
  11. precrystallization

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