既成

きせい

Meanings

1. の-adjective, Noun established; existing; accomplished; accepted; completed

Kanji

• 既 already. Read as キ.
• 成 become. Read as セイ.

Example sentences

• 思考と発話とが相互依存することからわかるように、言語は、既成の事実を捉えるための手段というよりも、未知なる真実を見つけ出すための手段である。その多様性は、音声や記号ではなく世界観の多様性なのだ。
  The interdependence of thought and speech makes it clear that languages are not so much a means of expressing truth that has already been established, but a means of discovering truth that was previously unknown. Their diversity is a diversity not of sounds and signs but of ways of looking at the world.

Words containing 既成

• 既成左翼 (きせいさよく) the old left (school of thought)
• 既成事実 (きせいじじつ) established fact
• 既成概念 (きせいがいねん) stereotype

And 1 more.

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