ahead of one's time

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)In advance of concurrent commonly accepted ideas; showing characteristics ofchangesyet to be.1990, Ken Frieden,Freud’s dream of interpretation, SUNY Press,→ISBN, page135,→ISBN:With his practice of dream interpretation by free association, Freud was bothahead of his timeand behind his time.

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