PREFIGURATION

prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration

(noun) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

prefiguration

(noun) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

prefiguration (countable and uncountable, plural prefigurations)

A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.

Something that prefigures.

Source: Wiktionary


Pre*fig`u*ra"tion, n. Etym: [L. praefiguratio.]

Definition: The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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