Definitions
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- adjective Prior to a
surgical operation . - adjective In or relating to a
Piagetian phase ofchild development characterized bysparse andlogically inadequate mental operations and inability toreason or work withsymbols .
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Swiss psychologist Jean Piaget called it preoperational because it does not apply adult rules of logic.
Bob Burnett: What Caused the BP Oil Leak? Magical Thinking 2010
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The Hezbollah outlet was actively involved in recruiting and fund raising for Hezbollah, and providing preoperational surveillance for terror attacks.
Jihad TV in Europe Roberta Bonazzi 2009
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That takes a ton of preoperational surveillance, coordination, planning, that we haven't seen so much from the indigenous group that have been operating in India so far.
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The FBI had no intelligence indicating preoperational planning by any terror organization.
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ARENA: The FBI in a bulletin today warned state and local partners to remain vigilant to, quote, "potential indicators of preoperational planning, such as target surveillance and acquisition of explosive materials."
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And I'll tell you right now that there had to be preoperational surveillance conducted on him in order to place him at a particular time.
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"Iran has been known to carry out preoperational surveillance in the United States, but it has not yet used this intelligence to carry out a high-profile attack," the analysis said, suggesting the Tehran links were "exaggerated."
FOXNews.com 2011
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Jean Piaget called it preoperational because it does not apply adult rules of logic.
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A Jeffersonville man arrested for shoplifting a day after he was acquitted of robbing a food mart wants to withdraw his guilty plea, stating his public defender incorrectly referred to him as a "preoperational transvestite."
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A Jeffersonville man arrested for shoplifting a day after he was acquitted of robbing a food mart wants to withdraw his guilty plea, stating his public defender incorrectly referred to him as a "preoperational transvestite."
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