👉 In linguistics, "preteressential" is a term used to describe an object that has not yet become essential or important in its own right. It refers to something that is considered less important than other things in terms of importance and significance. For example: - A preteressential word is one that is considered less important than other words in the language, such as "book" (a preterential noun) or "friend" (a preterential adjective). - Preterential