Precode
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Precode is an adjective meaning Prior to the introduction of the Hays Code, a set of moral guidelines for the US film industry widely applied between 1930 and 1968.
Meaning
Prior to the introduction of the Hays Code, a set of moral guidelines for the US film industry widely applied between 1930 and 1968.
More Meanings
- To code in advance
- Alternative spelling of pre-Code.
Example Sentences
The other precode film in the retrospective, Frank Capra’s “Bitter Tea of General Yen” (also 1933), isn’t quite so junkily entertaining.
Word Forms
- precodes
- precoding
- precoded
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include precoded, preethical, precolor, prefilmic, prefilm, precrime.
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