Noun
The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.
Source: Webster's dictionaryWheeler 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