Pre-

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Pre- is a prefix describing a member in a system who was not originally an introject or had a source, but feels like they are becoming one, or that an introjected identity is relevant and meaningful to them.

Related Terms
A headmate such as this may be called a pre-fictive or pre-factive.

If the new source connection is due to trauma, this is synonymous to clostive.

The prefix Post- is the opposite, as it describes a member that was originally an introject but disconnected from their source.

Etymology
Pre means "before" or "anterior to" in Latin.