prefiguration
prefiguration noun: a vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished; something that prefigures.
Noun
prefiguration (countable and uncountable, plural prefigurations)
- A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished; something that prefigures.
- Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited1628, Joseph Hall, Christian Liberty Laid Forth
- This is a kind of early, obscure prefiguration of Marx's later theory of 'commodity fetishism'.1978 [1976], Leszek Kołakowski, translated by P[aul] S[teven] Falla, Main Currents of Marxism, volume I: The Founders, Oxford: Clarendon Press, translation of Główne nurty marksizmu: powstanie (in...
Forms of prefiguration
| plural | prefigurations |
|---|---|
| alternative form | præfiguration |
Origin of prefiguration
From Late Latin praefigurationem, nominative form of praefiguratio.
Questions about prefiguration
- What does prefiguration mean?
- Prefiguration means a vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished; something that prefigures.
- What part of speech is prefiguration?
- Prefiguration is a noun.
- What is the plural of prefiguration?
- The plural of prefiguration is prefigurations.
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