prefiguration
AmericanEtymology
Origin of prefiguration
1350–1400; Middle English prefiguracioun < Late Latin praefigūrātiōn- (stem of praefigūrātiō ), equivalent to praefigūrāt ( us ) (past participle of praefigūrāre to prefigure ) + -iōn- -ion
Example Sentences
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It’s a prefiguration — of how to think, how to collaborate, and how to stay sane when the private is gone.
From New York Times
Since the early 20th century, Cycladic figures have had iconic power for contemporary artists, as an ancient prefiguration of abstraction.
From Washington Post
“I wouldn’t say it’s a prefiguration of Romanticism; it is already Romantic. Rather, he goes straight to contemporary music, straight to Alban Berg.”
From New York Times
This future-facing prefiguration manifests one way that nostalgia isn’t destined solely to invite us into false romances with the past — it can also illuminate traditions that have long been operating in the margins.
From New York Times
Avineri imagines them strolling through the spa and “sharing their ideas about history, past, present and possibly future,” in a “dramatic prefiguration of the encounter between Zion and Kremlin.”
From New York Times
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