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Prefiguration

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. A vague representation or suggestion of something before it has happened or been accomplished.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Something that prefigures.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Françaispréfiguration
العربيةقبل التشكيل
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Examples

“Those ceremonies were prefigurations of Christ to come⟳ : these traditions are defigurations and deformations of Christ exhibited”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

prefigurativeness Prefigure Prefigured prefigurement Prefigures Prefiguring

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