Avant la lettre
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[[Image:Bracelli.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Surrealism [[avant la lettre]] from the ''[[Bizzarie di varie figure]]'' ([[1624]]) by [[Giovanni Battista Braccelli]]]]{{Template}} | [[Image:Bracelli.jpeg|thumb|right|200px|Surrealism [[avant la lettre]] from the ''[[Bizzarie di varie figure]]'' ([[1624]]) by [[Giovanni Battista Braccelli]]]]{{Template}} | ||
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'''Avant la lettre''' is a [[French language|French]] [[phrase]] used to describe something or someone seen as a [[precursor]] or [[forerunner]] of something (such as an artistic or political movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g. "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre"; the expression literally means ''before the letter'', i.e. "before it had a name". | '''Avant la lettre''' is a [[French language|French]] [[phrase]] used to describe something or someone seen as a [[precursor]] or [[forerunner]] of something (such as an artistic or political movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g. "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre"; the expression literally means ''before the letter'', i.e. "before it had a name". | ||
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Avant la lettre is a French phrase used to describe something or someone seen as a precursor or forerunner of something (such as an artistic or political movement) before that something was recognized and named, e.g. "a post-modernist avant la lettre", "a feminist avant la lettre"; the expression literally means before the letter, i.e. "before it had a name".
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