pre- ( adj.) | |
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Applies to | sourced headmates |
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[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Pre means "before" or "anterior to" in Latin.[1]