Imagination of something before the actual existence or experience of it.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From pre- + imagination, after pre-imagine.
Definition of pre-imagination in US English:
pre-imagination
nounpriːɪˌmadʒɪˈneɪʃn
Imagination of something before the actual existence or experience of it.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834), poet, critic, and philosopher. From pre- + imagination, after pre-imagine.