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.

Related terms

• foremeant