Ante Litteram Definition
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Before the term existed; before the term was coined.
In the fifteenth century, he espoused ecology ante litteram. He endorsed ecology before the term "ecology" existed.
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Origin of Ante Litteram
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From Latin ANTE LITTERAM ANTE LITTERAM ante (“before") + litteram , accusative singular of littera (“letter, writing").
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