ahead of one's time

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ahead of one's time

  1. (idiomatic) In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics of changes yet to be.
    • 1990, Ken Frieden, Freud’s dream of interpretation, SUNY Press, →ISBN, page 135, →ISBN:
      With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was both ahead of his time and behind his time.

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