"premethodical" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "pre- + methodical",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "2012, J. N. Mohanty, Phenomenology and the Human Sciences, page 103",
          "text": "It is premethodical empathy, which has to be checked methodically.",
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        "Before the application of a method or methodology."
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          "method",
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          "methodology",
          "methodology"
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        "not-comparable"
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  "word": "premethodical"
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        "2": "pre",
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  "etymology_text": "pre- + methodical",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "text": "It is premethodical empathy, which has to be checked methodically.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Before the application of a method or methodology."
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          "method"
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          "methodology",
          "methodology"
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  "word": "premethodical"
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