preemption
Striking before struck
Preemption is the act of taking action before someone else can, thereby preventing or displacing their action.
In law, federal preemption occurs when national law supersedes state or local law on the same matter.
In commerce, a preemption right allows someone to purchase before others can: The company exercised its preemption clause to buy the shares.
In military and political contexts, preemption means striking first to prevent an anticipated attack or action.
Established body of teachings
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- federalDivided governmental authority
- stateCondition or mode
- supremacyHighest rank or power
statute · regulation · compliance · enforcement · constitutional · override · invalidation · displacement
Preventing by prior action
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- proactiveActing before problems arise
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
- anticipationState of awaiting something
forecast · contingency · vigilance · readiness · planning · preparation · wariness · caution
Superior rank or importance
- primacyCondition of being foremost
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- queueOrdered waiting line
- schedulingAssigning times to events
allocation · displacement · bumping · override · preferential · seniority · reservation · bidding
Seizure by authority
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- takeoverAssuming command of something
- usurpationWrongful seizure of power
annexation · occupation · commandeering · requisition · encroachment · impoundment · dispossession · forfeiture
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- attackAggressive act against another
- initiativeSelf-directed action capacity
neutralization · interdiction · strike · deterrence · blitzkrieg · flanking · encirclement · maneuver
doctrine
Established body of teachings
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- federalDivided governmental authority
- stateCondition or mode
supremacy · statute · regulation · compliance · enforcement · constitutional · override · invalidation · displacement · supersede
forestalling
Preventing by prior action
- preventionStopping something before occurring
- proactiveActing before problems arise
- foresightAbility to anticipate futures
anticipation · forecast · contingency · vigilance · readiness · planning · preparation · wariness · caution · interception
precedence
Superior rank or importance
- primacyCondition of being foremost
- superiorityHigher rank or quality
- queueOrdered waiting line
scheduling · allocation · displacement · bumping · override · preferential · seniority · reservation · bidding
confiscation
Seizure by authority
- expropriationGovernment taking private property
- appropriationUnauthorized claiming or allocation
- takeoverAssuming command of something
usurpation · annexation · occupation · commandeering · requisition · encroachment · impoundment · dispossession · forfeiture · nationalization
offensive
Causing displeasure or attack-oriented
- countermeasureDefense against a threat
- deploymentOrganized distribution of resources
- attackAggressive act against another
initiative · neutralization · interdiction · strike · deterrence · blitzkrieg · flanking · encirclement · maneuver · tactics
- televisionTV, television, broadcast, TV shows, TV series
- strategystrategy, grand strategy, tactics, tactic, tactical
- frontierfrontier, pioneer, pioneers, settlers, settler
- strategiesambush, flanking, feint, diversion, counterattack
- strategy tacticsplanning, scheming, positioning, timing, bluffing
- debaterebuttal, argument, rebuttals, refute, case
preemptionreaction
Response to stimulus
response · retaliation · counteraction · aftermath · hindsight
preemptiondefense
Protection against harm
defensive action · passivity · deterrence · containment · wait-and-see
preemptiondeference
Yielding to another's judgment
subordination · yielding · acquiescence · subsidiarity · state sovereignty
- preemptive strikeAttack to forestall aggression
- preemptive warAttacking an anticipated aggressor first