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Preclusion   /prɪklˈuʒən/  /priklˈuʒən/   Listen
Preclusion

noun
1.
The act of preventing something by anticipating and disposing of it effectively.  Synonyms: forestalling, obviation.






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"Preclusion" Quotes from Famous Books



... more especially demanding such disquisition, I shall attempt to prove the close connection between veracity and habits of mental accuracy; the beneficial after-effects of verbal precision in the preclusion of fanaticism, which masters the feelings more especially by indistinct watch-words; and to display the advantages which language alone, at least which language with incomparably greater ease and certainty ...
— Biographia Literaria • Samuel Taylor Coleridge



Words linked to "Preclusion" :   obviation, prevention, bar, preclude



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