prefiguration

prefiguration
Synonyms and related words:
actuarial prediction, adumbration, apocalypse, augury, auspice, betokening, betokenment, foreboding, forecast, forecasting, foreshadow, foreshadowing, foreshowing, foresight, foretelling, foretoken, foretokening, guesswork, improbability, indicant, indication, omen, portent, prediction, prefigurement, prefiguring, preindication, premonitory shiver, premonitory sign, premonitory symptom, presage, presaging, presentiment, preshowing, presignifying, probability, prognosis, prognostic, prognostication, promise, prophecy, prophesying, prospectus, shadow, sign, soothsay, speculation, statistical prediction, token, tokening, type, vaticination

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  • préfiguration — [ prefigyrasjɔ̃ ] n. f. • v. 1485, repris XVIIIe; lat. præfiguratio ♦ Littér. Ce qui présente tous les caractères d un être, d une chose à venir. « n était ce pas déjà, dans sa vie comme une préfiguration de ce qui devait arriver après sa mort »… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • Prefiguration — Pre*fig u*ra tion, n. [L. praefiguratio.] The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured. [1913 Webster] A variety of prophecies and prefigurations. Norris. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • prefiguration — index caution (warning), caveat, prognosis Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • prefiguration — late 14c., from L.L. praefigurationem (nom. praefiguratio), c.400, noun of action from praefigurare to prefigure, from L. prae before (see PRE (Cf. pre )) + figurare to form, shape (see FIGURE (Cf. figure)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • prefiguration — [prē fig΄yə rā′shən] n. 1. the act of prefiguring 2. something in which something else is prefigured; prototype …   English World dictionary

  • préfiguration — (pré fi gu ra sion) s. f. Action de préfigurer. •   Il [Servet] traita de la préfiguration du Christ dans le Verbe, de la vision de Dieu...., VOLT. Moeurs, 134. ÉTYMOLOGIE    Lat. praefigurationem, de praefigurare, préfigurer …   Dictionnaire de la Langue Française d'Émile Littré

  • prefiguration — prefigure ► VERB 1) be an early indication or version of. 2) archaic imagine beforehand. DERIVATIVES prefiguration noun prefigurative adjective prefigurement noun …   English terms dictionary

  • prefiguration — noun Date: 14th century 1. the act of prefiguring ; the state of being prefigured 2. something that prefigures • prefigurative adjective …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • PRÉFIGURATION — n. f. Action de préfigugurer; Ce qui préfigure. Il s’emploie surtout en termes de Théologie …   Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • prefiguration — /pree fig yeuh ray sheuhn, pree fig /, n. 1. the act of prefiguring. 2. that in which something is prefigured. [1350 1400; ME prefiguracioun < LL praefiguration (s. of praefiguratio), equiv. to praefigurat(us) (ptp. of praefigurare to PREFIGURE)… …   Universalium

  • prefiguration — noun a) a vague advance representation or suggestion of something b) something that prefigures …   Wiktionary

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