prehistory

Meanings

Plural: prehistories

Noun

• the time during the development of human culture before the appearance of the written word
• The time before written records in any area of the world; the events and conditions of those times.
• The study of those times.
• Any past time (even recent) treated as such a distant, unknowable era.
• The history leading up to some event, condition, etc.

Synonyms

prehistoric age, prehistoric culture

Antonyms

posthistory

Related Words

prehistorian, prehistoric