forestanding
adjEtymology From fore- + standing.
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Standing out in the forefront; prominent.
- Many existing textual models take for granted assumptions made by Ricœur who is one of the forestanding figures of a contemporary field referred to as hermeneutics (involved with a study of the theory and practice of texts).2003, Zachàr Alexander Laskewicz, Music as Episteme, Text, Sign & Tool: Comparative approaches to musicality as performance, chapter two: “The Musical Text”, § 2.10: ‘Conclusion: the importance of a new approach to text’
- Synonyms
- eminent, noteworthy