Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun prefiguration

2 senses of prefiguration

Sense 1
prefiguration -- (an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come)
       => model, example -- (a representative form or pattern; "I profited from his example")

Sense 2
prefiguration, foreshadowing, adumbration -- (the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand)
       => prediction, anticipation, prevision -- (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))