ahead of one's time en · ADP
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.
1990, Ken Frieden, Freud’s dream of interpretation, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 135, →ISBN:
Antonyms
before someone's time · behind one's time
Translations (15)
pl wyprzedzać swoje czasy (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · sv före sin tid (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · de seiner Zeit vorraus (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · fi aikaansa edellä (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · pt à frente de seu tempo (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · es adelantado a su época (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · nn forut for si tid (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · nl zijn tijd ver vooruit (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · cmn 先見之明 /先见之明 (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · nb forut for sin tid (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · ar سَابِق عَصْرِه (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · nl zijn tijd vooruit (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · fr en avance sur son temps (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · da forud for sin tid (in advance of commonly accepted ideas) · he הִקְדִּים אֶת זְמַנּוֹ (in advance of commonly accepted ideas)