anteriority UK /ænˌtɪəɹiˈɒɹɪti/US /ænˌtɪɹiˈɔɹɪti/ noun1 •The state of being previous or preceding in time or in situation.It is important to realize that pregivenness or prefixing is a kind of anteriority that does its work in the present; subjects and meanings in part emerge in enuciative co-constitutive moments. — 2002 formsanteriorities