prefiguration

Noun

Meaning

The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

foreshadowing adumbration show signal portent prognostic sign warning promise trace indication token earnest hint forecast
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Antonyms

fact serenity faith proof confidence ease
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Hypernyms

example model prediction anticipation prevision

Examples

Wheeler 1998, pp. 160-161 His resolution of the so-called " Gibbs paradox ", about the entropy of the mixing of gases, is now often cited as a prefiguration of the indistinguishability of particles required by quantum physics. Source: Internet

The Rebbes were subject to intense hagiography, even subtly compared with Biblical figures by employing prefiguration. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

prefight prefigurable prefigurate prefigurative prefiguratively prefigurativeness