prefiguration

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
  2. noun the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Etymology

From Late Latin praefigurationem, nominative form of praefiguratio.

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