Prefiguration (Noun)
Meaning 1
An example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The visionary's painting of a sprawling metropolis was a prefiguration of the urban landscape a century later.
- The rise of early personal computers in the 1970s was a prefiguration of the digital revolution that would sweep the world.
- Her struggles to find her voice as a writer were a prefiguration of the feminist movement that would emerge in the following decades.
- The early 20th-century experiments in montage filmmaking were a prefiguration of the modern music video genre.
- The 1960s counterculture was a prefiguration of the libertarian and social movements of the 21st century.
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Meaning 2
The act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.