foregoneness

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

foregone +‎ -ness

Noun[edit]

foregoneness (uncountable)

  1. The quality of being foregone.
    • 2002, Brian Massumi, Stanley Fish, Fredric Jameson, Parables for the Virtual: Movement, Affect, Sensation, page 218:
      The foregoneness of the conclusion is called the march of discovery. After all, what is there to history but contexts progressively falling into order?