Noun: prefiguration pree,fi-g(y)u'rey-shun
- An example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
"The early protests were a prefiguration of the revolution to come"
- The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
"The author's prefiguration in the early chapters hinted at the tragic ending";
- foreshadowing, adumbration
Derived forms: prefigurations
Type of: anticipation, example, model, prediction, prevision
Encyclopedia: Prefiguration