antepredicament

from The Century Dictionary.

• noun In logic, a doctrine subservient to knowledge of the predicaments.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun (Logic) A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.

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• noun logic A prerequisite to a clear understanding of the predicaments and categories, such as definitions of common terms.