'Prefiguration' definitions:
Definition of 'prefiguration'
(from WordNet)
noun
An example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
noun
The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand [syn: prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration]
Definition of 'Prefiguration'
From: GCIDE
- Prefiguration \Pre*fig`u*ra"tion\, n. [L. praefiguratio.] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. [1913 Webster]
- A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. --Norris. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'prefiguration'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actuarial prediction,
- adumbration,
- apocalypse,
- augury,
- auspice,
- betokening,
- betokenment,
- foreboding,
- forecast,
- forecasting,
- foreshadow,
- foreshadowing,
- foreshowing,
- foresight,
- foretelling,
- foretoken,
- foretokening,
- guesswork,
- improbability,
- indicant,
- indication,
- omen,
- portent,
- prediction,
- prefigurement,
- prefiguring,
- preindication,
- premonitory shiver,
- premonitory sign,
- premonitory symptom,
- presage,
- presaging,
- presentiment,
- preshowing,
- presignifying,
- probability,
- prognosis,
- prognostic,
- prognostication,
- promise,
- prophecy,
- prophesying,
- prospectus,
- shadow,
- sign,
- soothsay,
- speculation,
- statistical prediction,
- token,
- tokening,
- type,
- vaticination