HyperDic: prefiguration

English > 2 senses of the word prefiguration:
NOUNcognitionprefigurationan example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
cognitionprefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbrationthe act of providing vague advance indications
English > prefiguration: 2 senses > noun 1, cognition
MeaningAn example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come.
Broadermodel, exampleA representative form or pattern
Verbsprefigureimagine or consider beforehand
English > prefiguration: 2 senses > noun 2, cognition
MeaningThe act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand.
Synonymsforeshadowing, adumbration
Broaderprediction, anticipation, previsionThe act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Spanishprefiguración
Catalanprefiguració
Verbsprefigureimagine or consider beforehand

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