pre-figuration
yəˈreɪ
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| —n | |
| 1. | the act of prefiguring |
| 2. | something that prefigures, such as a prototype |
| prefigurative | |
| —adj | |
| prefiguratively | |
| —adv | |
| prefigurativeness | |
| —n | |
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Pre-figuration
is always a great word to know.
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prefiguration
late 14c., from L.L. præfigurationem (nom. præfiguratio), c.400, noun of action from præfigurare "to prefigure," from L. præ "before" + figurare "to form, shape" (see figure).
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