Prefiguration
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Prefiguration is a noun meaning A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
Meaning
A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
More Meanings
- Something that prefigures.
Example Sentences
Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited
Word Forms
- prefigurations
Synonyms for prefiguration
Depending on context, synonyms include foreshadowing.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreshadowing, prefigurement, prefiguring, prefigurativeness, prelude, prefigure.
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