"preunion" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "pre- + union",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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          "ref": "1999, Steven Heydemann, Authoritarianism in Syria, page 139",
          "text": "In contrast to the political dynamics of the preunion period, these struggles were heavily influenced by the new prominence of Syrian capitalists[…]",
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        "Prior to the existence of a union."
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  "etymology_text": "pre- + union",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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