prefiguration
- noun
- /ˌpriːfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən/
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prefiguración
- Uriah is a prefiguration of Christ.
And Hegel is doing some prefiguration here of what is yet to come.
- And Hegel is doing some prefiguration here of what is yet to come.
- Before that, we get a little bit of framing and prefiguration and recollection.
Examples
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Although Isaac is honored as a patriarch and a prefiguration of Christ, he is never explicitly likened to Francis.
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The characters are, then, prefigurations of future Spanish monarchs.
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The long wooden member that had helped beget Horus may then be understood as a prefiguration of a new phase and direction in religion and kingship.
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The dialogues maintained with God within these poems are a prefiguration of the "dilogo eterno" to which the poet aspires.
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In the decorative framework above the altarpiece, a smaller painting by Lolmo shows the Manna from Heaven, a straightforward Old Testament prefiguration of the Eucharist (Fig. 14).
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In medieval art, many images are viewed as a prefiguration of future events in theology.
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The story of the flood serves as a prefiguration of salvation in religious literature.
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His early achievements were seen as a prefiguration of the success he would later attain.
Synonyms
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6.7
A hint early in a story that shows what will happen later
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8.7
A sign or feeling that something bad will happen
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9.9
A faint hint of what will happen later
A sign or early example that shows what will happen later
A sign that something important will happen soon
How Predictive
Surface Forms
Morphology
prefiguration = prefigure (opaque) = pre + figure + ation
The noun is a regular and predictable formation from the verb 'prefigure' with '-ation'.
Etymology
Prefiguration comes from the parts pre- 'before' and figure 'shape' or 'form'. So, a prefiguration is something that gives an early 'sign' of what will happen later.