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Meaning of preorigin | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

An ultimate source or origin, before the generally known or accepted origin.

Examples

“In order to uncover and thereby unleash the force that both constitutes and disrupts signification in language, Kristeva returns to what she identifies as the source of that force, an ontological preorigin of meaning.”
“The positing of an origin in other words always goes along with the suppression of its own pre-origin.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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