foremeaning

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ meaning.

Noun

foremeaning (plural foremeanings)

  1. A meaning determined or assumed in advance.
    • 1993, Roberto Alejandro, Hermeneutics, Citizenship, and the Public Sphere, page 72:
      It is dangerous because in understanding we interpret, and in interpreting we bring with us our prejudice and foremeanings.
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