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prepolitical

prepolitical adjective: before the development or introduction of politics.

Adjective

prepolitical (not comparable)

  1. Before the development or introduction of politics.
    • The first significant implication is that the category of the disorderly may not be pre-political, but may itself be constructed through lengthy processes of policing and punitive practice.2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 6, in Illusion of Order

Origin of prepolitical

From pre- + political.

Questions about prepolitical

What does prepolitical mean?
Prepolitical means before the development or introduction of politics.
What part of speech is prepolitical?
Prepolitical is an adjective.

Words near prepolitical in the dictionary

  1. prepolice
  2. prepolish
  3. prepolished
  4. prepolishes
  5. prepolishing
  6. prepolitical
  7. prepolitically
  8. prepoll
  9. prepollence
  10. prepollency
  11. prepollent

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