forestatement

A statement made beforehand or in advance

Noun

  1. A statement made beforehand or in advance
    • The alchemical theory of universal development includes a philosophical forestatement of the modern evolutionary hypothesis which, considering the scientific ignorance and darkness of the Middle Ages, is simply...
    • Ignoring the progressive method of God's dealings with mankind, it treats the Jewish practices and beliefs of old time as having always been mere errors, and thus makes the Old Testament no more than a fantastic...

Origin

From fore- + statement.

Forms

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