Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Antecedent conformity.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Anticipative or antecedent conformity.
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- noun
conformity in advance
Etymologies
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pre- + conformity
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Examples
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And a lecturer who is possibly aware of not having made the choice which was absolutely best, may defend himself upon the ground that accidental advantages of a personal kind, such as previous familiarity with the subject, or preconformity of taste to the characteristic qualities of the author selected, may have qualified him to lecture on that theme with more effect and with more benefit, than upon a theme confessedly higher but less tractable for himself with his own peculiar preparations.
Theological Essays and Other Papers — Volume 2 Thomas De Quincey 1822
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