def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """
    Check if a version is a pre-release version.
    This recognizes versions containing "rc", "pre", "beta", "alpha", and
    "dev" as being pre-release versions.
    """
    if self.split_rc(self.parse())[1]:
        return True
    for pre_release_filter in self.pre_release_filters:
        if pre_release_filter and pre_release_filter in self.version:
            return True
    return False