Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A preliminary discussion, especially a formal essay introducing a work of considerable length or complexity.
- noun Prefatory remarks or observations.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A preliminary observation: chiefly used in the plural, and applied to an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A preliminary remark or observation; an introductory discourse prefixed to a book or treatise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun usually in the plural A
prefatory discussion ; aformal essay or critical discussion serving to introduce and interpret an extended work.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a preliminary discussion inserted at the beginning of a book or treatise
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Vives 'philosophical reflections on the human soul are mainly concentrated in De anima et vita, published in 1538, which provides the psychological underpinning for many of his educational ideas and can be characterized as a prolegomenon to moral philosophy.
Juan Luis Vives [Joannes Ludovicus Vives] Casini, Lorenzo 2009
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MWword prolegomenon: Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for July
Gaea Times (by Simple Thoughts) Breaking News and incisive views 24/7 Ubm India 2010
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Reading and editing the two new stories, writing the "prolegomenon," laying out the issue, etc.
"There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea for me, for you..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Reading and editing the two new stories, writing the "prolegomenon," laying out the issue, etc.
"There's a great black wave in the middle of the sea for me, for you..." greygirlbeast 2010
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Yesterday, I wrote what I think is the longest "prolegomenon" I've ever written for Sirenia Digest, at 1,140 words.
"My sins my own. They belong to me, me." greygirlbeast 2010
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Yesterday, I wrote what I think is the longest "prolegomenon" I've ever written for Sirenia Digest, at 1,140 words.
"My sins my own. They belong to me, me." greygirlbeast 2010
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Yesterday was spent formatting Sirenia Digest #52 (and proofreading, and writing the prolegomenon), which is pretty close to being ready to go out.
"There's blood in the sky. It bleeds from the land." greygirlbeast 2010
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Yesterday was spent formatting Sirenia Digest #52 (and proofreading, and writing the prolegomenon), which is pretty close to being ready to go out.
"There's blood in the sky. It bleeds from the land." greygirlbeast 2010
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Therefore have I chosen, in this prolegomenon, to unload my burden of thanks at thy feet, for the favour with which thou last kindly entertained the
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These progressives, in the very act of founding their organization, ratified the keystone of conservative reasoning and thus let people think that here was a kind of axiom, an inviolable norm, a kind of prolegomenon for any political reasoning, present or future.
Road Trip: Part II Bernard-Henri L 2005
bilby commented on the word prolegomenon
What are the Lego men on?
October 26, 2010