prefiguration

Noun
  1. An example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come (synset 105947827)
    is a type of: example, model - a representative form or pattern
  2. The act of providing vague advance indications;
    Representing beforehand (synset 105784012)
    is a type of: anticipation, prediction, prevision - the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
    same as: adumbration, foreshadowing

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