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prefiguration

pre·fi·gu·ration

uncommon

noun

1.

an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come

2.

the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand

Origin

From Late Latin praefigurationem, nominative form of praefiguratio.

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