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preorigin

preorigin noun: an ultimate source or origin, before the generally known or accepted origin.

Noun

preorigin (plural preorigins)

  1. An ultimate source or origin, before the generally known or accepted origin.
    • In order to uncover and thereby unleash the force that both constitutes and disrupts signification in language, Kristeva returns to what she identifies as the source of that force, an ontological preorigin of meaning.1998, Lynne Huffer, Maternal Pasts, Feminist Futures, page 78
    • The positing of an origin in other words always goes along with the suppression of its own pre-origin.2012, Jacques de Ville, Jacques Derrida: Law as Absolute Hospitality

Forms of preorigin

pluralpreorigins

Origin of preorigin

From pre- + origin.

Questions about preorigin

What does preorigin mean?
Preorigin means an ultimate source or origin, before the generally known or accepted origin.
What part of speech is preorigin?
Preorigin is a noun.
What is the plural of preorigin?
The plural of preorigin is preorigins.

Words near preorigin in the dictionary

  1. preorganizing
  2. preorgasmic
  3. preorgastic
  4. preorientation
  5. preoriented
  6. preorigin
  7. preoriginal
  8. preorigins
  9. preorogenic
  10. preosseous
  11. preosteoblast

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