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prerealist

prerealist adjective: prior to or characteristic of the views preceding realism (in various senses).

Adjective

prerealist (not comparable)

  1. Prior to or characteristic of the views preceding realism (in various senses).
    • Duncan Kennedy, in his essay "The Stakes of Law, or Hale and Foucault!" criticizes Foucault for not taking law seriously enough. He argues that Foucault has an antiquated, prerealist view of juridical power, "a typically European but utterly misconceived picture of the legal system as a domain...2001, Bernard E. Harcourt, chapter 5, in Illusion of Order

Origin of prerealist

From pre- + realist.

Questions about prerealist

What does prerealist mean?
Prerealist means prior to or characteristic of the views preceding realism (in various senses).
What part of speech is prerealist?
Prerealist is an adjective.

Words near prerealist in the dictionary

  1. prereader
  2. prereaders
  3. prereadiness
  4. prereading
  5. prereads
  6. prerealist
  7. prerealization
  8. prerebellion
  9. prereceptive
  10. prereceptoral
  11. prerecession

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