prefiguration

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: pre=fig=u=ra=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

prefiguration, n. [L. praefiguratio.].

 The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.  [1913 Webster]
"A variety of prophecies and prefigurations."  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

prefiguration

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