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Meaning of Prefiguration | Babel Free

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

العربية قبل التشكيل
Français préfiguration
Latina praefiguratio
Polski prefiguracja

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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