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pre·his·to·ry

(pr

-h

-r

) KEY

NOUN:
pl. pre·his·to·ries

History of humankind in the period before recorded history.
The circumstances or developments leading up to or surrounding a situation, event, or development; background: "[He] then told me the curious prehistory of his obsessive interest in the seduction theory" (Janet Malcolm).

OTHER FORMS:
prehis·tori·an (-h

-stôr

n, -st

-) KEY (Noun)

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