Synonyms for antecedence


Grammar : Noun
Spell : an-tuh-seed-ns
Phonetic Transcription : ˌæn təˈsid ns


Définition of antecedence

  • noun precedence
Example sentences :
  • The chief principle, then, of savage science is that antecedence and consequence in time are the same as effect and cause.
  • Extract from : « Myth, Ritual, and Religion, Vol. 1 » by Andrew Lang
  • God has established an order in nature, a uniformity of antecedence and sequence, with which Omnipotence shall not interfere.
  • Extract from : « The Theistic Conception of the World » by B. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cocker
  • Respecting the phenomena of inanimate nature, we have no other direct knowledge than that of antecedence and sequence.
  • Extract from : « A System of Logic: Ratiocinative and Inductive » by John Stuart Mill
  • Or do 'states of consciousness enter as links into the chain of antecedence and sequence which gives rise to bodily actions?'
  • Extract from : « Is Life Worth Living? » by William Hurrell Mallock

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