The quality or state of being foregone; the condition of being settled, determined, or given up in advance.
From 'foregone' (certain, settled, or abstained from) + '-ness' (a suffix creating abstract nouns). 'Foregone' itself comes from 'forego.' The noun form emerged to describe the abstract quality of certainty or inevitability.
When something has 'foregoneness,' it means the outcome was so obvious beforehand that everyone already knew how it would end—like knowing your team will lose before the game even starts.
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