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prefiguration

noun

pre·​fig·​u·​ra·​tion (ˌ)prē-ˌfi-gyə-ˈrā-shən How to pronounce prefiguration (audio)
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1
: the act of prefiguring : the state of being prefigured
2
: something that prefigures
prefigurative adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web Since the early 20th century, Cycladic figures have had iconic power for contemporary artists, as an ancient prefiguration of abstraction. Philip Kennicott, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2022 The pharaoh’s monotheism is presented as a prefiguration of the Abrahamic relationship between God and man. Mary Spencer, National Review, 14 Dec. 2019 Children, groups of friends, couples, and elderly people perch on the moon’s hook, beaming into the camera, acting out a carnivalesque prefiguration of the events of 1969. Josephine Livingstone, The New Republic, 10 July 2019 Tragically truncated lives tend to be told in reverse, as narratives of inevitability, thick with prefigurations of death. Leah Ollman, latimes.com, 5 July 2019 In other words, the bronze serpent is a prefiguration of Christ’s Crucifixion and the world’s salvation. Jason Farago, New York Times, 26 July 2017

Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of prefiguration was in the 14th century

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