The state, role, or quality of being a forerunner; the position or function of preceding and announcing something.
From 'forerunner' + the suffix '-ship' (indicating state or condition). Creates an abstract noun describing the role or status.
The concept of 'forerunnership' reveals something profound about how humans understand progress: we can only recognize something as revolutionary by looking backward and seeing what prepared the way for it.
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