Antonyms for prolegomenon
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : proh-li-gom-uh-non, -nuh n |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌproʊ lɪˈgɒm əˌnɒn, -nən |
Definition of prolegomenon
Origin :- 1650s, "learned preamble to a book," from Greek prolegomenon, noun use of neuter passive present participle of prolegein "to say beforehand," from pro- "before" (see pro-) + legein "to speak" (see lecture (n.)) + suffix -menos (as in alumnus). The same sense is in preface (n.). Related: Prolegomenary; prolegomenous.
- noun introduction
- The play, one feels, must remain unique, for the prolegomenon cannot be rewritten while the philosophy is unchanged.
- Extract from : « G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study » by Julius West
- The miscellanies really stand to the novels in the relation of a sort of prolegomenon.
- Extract from : « Balzac » by Frederick Lawton
Synonyms for prolegomenon
- addition
- admittance
- awakening
- baptism
- basic principles
- basic text
- beginning
- commencement
- debut
- essentials
- establishment
- exordium
- first acquaintance
- first taste
- foreword
- inauguration
- inception
- induction
- influx
- ingress
- initiation
- insertion
- installation
- institution
- interpolation
- intro
- launch
- lead
- lead-in
- opening
- opening remarks
- overture
- pioneering
- preamble
- preface
- preliminaries
- prelude
- presentation
- primer
- proem
- prologue
- survey
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