prefiguration
1. an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come • Derivationally related forms: prefigure • Hypernyms: model, example 2. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand • Syn: foreshadowing, adumbration • Derivationally related forms: foreshadow (for: foreshadowing), prefigure • Hypernyms: prediction, anticipation, prevision
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