🔄 Synonyms of "Prefiguration"
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| foreshadowingnoun | Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically (usually uncountable, literature, narratology), a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story. |
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| Word | Definition |
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| foreshadowingnoun | Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically (usually uncountable, literature, narratology), a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story. |
| præfigurationnoun | Obsolete spelling of prefiguration. [A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.] |
| prefigurementnoun | Something that prefigures. |
| prefiguringnoun | (gerund of prefigure) A specific instance in which something is prefigured |
| prefigurativenessnoun | The quality of being prefigurative. |
| preludenoun | An introductory or preliminary performance or event. |
| prefigureverb | (often in a Biblical context) To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand. |
| presagementnoun | The act or art of presaging; a foreboding. |
| foreshowverb | (transitive, archaic) To show in advance; to foretell, predict. |
| forebeliefnoun | Belief or faith in something prior to its manifestation. |
| foreshowingnoun | The act or an instance of showing something, usually an event, ahead of time; a prognostication |
| foremeaningnoun | A meaning determined or assumed in advance. |
| premonstrationnoun | (archaic) A showing beforehand; foreshowing. |
| presagingverb | A premonition or prognostication. |
| preveniencenoun | (Methodism) The act or condition of occurring earlier, of being antecedent. |
| foretypenoun | A type or figure occurring beforehand or in advance; forerunner; predecessor; prototype |
| foretokennoun | A prognostic; a premonitory sign; warning or presentiment. |
| foretokeningnoun | Indication in advance. |
| presagenoun | A warning of a future event; an omen. |
| prefigationnoun | (linguistics, rare) Synonym of prefixation. |
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