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PRONUNCIATION OF PREFIGURATION

prefiguration  [ˌpriːfɪɡəˈreɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PREFIGURATION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Prefiguration is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PREFIGURATION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of prefiguration in the English dictionary

The definition of prefiguration in the dictionary is the act of prefiguring. Other definition of prefiguration is something that prefigures, such as a prototype.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PREFIGURATION


acceleration
ækˌsɛləˈreɪʃən
collaboration
kəˌlæbəˈreɪʃən
configuration
kənˌfɪɡjʊˈreɪʃən
consideration
kənˌsɪdəˈreɪʃən
cooperation
kəʊˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
corporation
ˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
declaration
ˌdɛkləˈreɪʃən
decoration
ˌdɛkəˈreɪʃən
deliberation
dɪˌlɪbəˈreɪʃən
duration
djʊˈreɪʃən
expiration
ˌɛkspɪˈreɪʃən
exploration
ˌɛkspləˈreɪʃən
federation
ˌfɛdəˈreɪʃən
generation
ˌdʒɛnəˈreɪʃən
incorporation
ɪnˌkɔːpəˈreɪʃən
inspiration
ˌɪnspɪˈreɪʃən
operation
ˌɒpəˈreɪʃən
preparation
ˌprɛpəˈreɪʃən
restoration
ˌrɛstəˈreɪʃən
separation
ˌsɛpəˈreɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PREFIGURATION

preferred stock
preferrer
preferring
prefeudal
prefight
prefigurate
prefigurative
prefiguratively
prefigurativeness
prefigure
prefigurement
prefile
prefinance
prefire
prefix
prefixal
prefixally
prefixed
prefixion
prefixture

WORDS THAT END LIKE PREFIGURATION

accreditation
action
administration
animation
application
association
certification
citation
combination
communication
confirmation
conversation
creation
destination
documentation
education
evaluation
excitation
formation
foundation
hesitation

Synonyms and antonyms of prefiguration in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «prefiguration» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PREFIGURATION

Find out the translation of prefiguration to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of prefiguration from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «prefiguration» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

前兆
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

prefiguración
570 millions of speakers

English

prefiguration
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

prefiguration
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

prefiguration
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

прообраз
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

prefiguração
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

prefiguration
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préfiguration
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Prefigurasi
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Vorweg
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

原型
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

prefiguration
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Prefiguration
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sự biểu hiệu trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

கற்பனை செய்து கொள்ளல்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वप्राप्ती
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

delâlet etme
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

prefigurazione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zapowiedź
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

прообраз
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

prefigurare
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

προεικονίσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

voorafschaduwing
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

prefiguration
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forbilde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of prefiguration

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFIGURATION»

The term «prefiguration» is normally little used and occupies the 122.870 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PREFIGURATION» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about prefiguration

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PREFIGURATION»

Discover the use of prefiguration in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to prefiguration and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Re-Figuring Hayden White
The search for the “deeper” level will bring us to White's notion of prefiguration, which he describes as follows: Before the historian can bring to bear upon the data of the historical field the conceptual apparatus he will have to represent and to ...
Frank Ankersmit, Ewa Domanska, Hans Kellner, 2009
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Character and Conversion in Autobiography: Augustine, ...
In this respect, the reader's horizon is immediately oriented toward interpreting the narrative as prefiguration. However, several things disrupt the simplicity of that scenario. While it remains true that Sartre realizes his early calling, the type of ...
Patrick Riley, 2004
3
Two Faiths, One Covenant?: Jewish and Christian Identity in ...
On the Christian side, a clear expression of supersessionist ideology occurs when an event in Hebrew Scriptures is interpreted, wholly or in part, as a spiritually inferior "prefiguration" of an event in the life of Jesus. As such, the Jewish event is ...
Eugene B. Korn, John Pawlikowski, 2005
4
The Rhetoric of Cultural Dialogue: Jews and Germans from ...
Insofar as he means to occasion a rebirth of rationalism, Mendelssohn sets up his defense as a prefiguration. Indeed, the position of his text as prefiguration is one ( witting or unwitting) implication of the title Morning Hours: morning is the self- ...
Jeffrey S. Librett, 2000
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Collaborative Projects: An Interdisciplinary Study
Direct action does not unify the opposites of means and ends, but collapses them into the single, self-identical category of prefiguration. Such a flat identification of means and ends obscures the whole developmental logic that underlies the ...
Andy Blunden, 2014
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The Development of Romance Clitic Pronouns: From Latin to ...
2.6 CM from Old to modern Romance 299 2.7 Late Latin prefiguration of CM: A hypothesis 300 3. Latin infinitival constructions 301 3.1 CM is not defined in Latin 301 3.2 Latin infinitive types 302 3.3 a.c.i. constructions 304 3.4 n.c.i. and passive  ...
Dieter Wanner, 1987
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The Genesis of Heidegger's "Being and Time"
The question of being must accordingly be articulated anew, in order to "obtain the secure horizon of questioning the being of beings and with it the prefiguration of the steps and the way to seek to find the answer. This prefiguration is that from  ...
Theodore J. Kisiel, 1995
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Interpretative Identity and Hermeneutical Community: A ...
1.3.2.1 Prefiguration Prefiguration refers to the preunderstanding that one brings to writing or reading a text. Ricoeur portrays configuration, then, as mediating between prefiguration and refiguration. The notion of prefiguration expresses the  ...
Mi-Rang Kang, 2011
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The Christological Controversy
(33) It is clear that you were deterred because you saw the mystery of the Lord coming to pass in the sheep, the life of the Lord in the sacrifice of the sheep, the prefiguration of the Lord in the death of the sheep. That is why you did not strike ...
Richard Alfred Norris, 1980
10
The Incarnation of Language: Joyce, Proust and a Philosophy ...
Presumably, it is this understanding of prefiguration that Levinas is wary of above . The sense of prefiguration implicit in Auerbach is integral to his notion of 'figura'. Auerbach's description of 'figura' draws from the Christian view of reality in late ...
Michael O'Sullivan, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PREFIGURATION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term prefiguration is used in the context of the following news items.
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At the Movies
... weary owner of a nightclub and ultimately the conscience of the film; Dennis Weaver's incarnation of the crazy night man at the desert motel, a prefiguration of ... «London Review of Books, Jul 15»
2
AIPAC girds for rare high-noon showdown with White House
In a striking prefiguration of claims by opponents of the nuclear deal with Iran, challengers of the sale warned that it would both endanger ... «The Times of Israel, Jul 15»
3
Between Mock Ruin and Imagined Emergency
... catalyst for thinking about the space (and time) between risk and ruin, and how this aperture might be navigated using strategies of rehearsal and prefiguration ... «ArtSlant, Jul 15»
4
A Canine Prefiguration of the 2015 Episcopal General Convention
A Canine Prefiguration of the 2015 Episcopal General Convention. A Canine Prefiguration of the 2015 Episcopal General Convention. By the Rev. Theodore L. «Virtue Online, Jul 15»
5
Flowers, Fillies and Freud
It's melodic, maturing Mozart, after all, and a seemly prefiguration of the great Da Ponte collaborations yet to come. Despite all the funny ... «Santa Fe Reporter, Jun 15»
6
Rameau, ein Berliner
... trio sonata is a prefiguration of later piano trio music in its tightly organized interplay between instruments. The harpsichord remains important ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jun 15»
7
Muslims in Liberal Democracies
This can be seen as empty feel-good talk, but it can also be the prefiguration of how historical references can be used to achieve symbolic ... «Qantara.de, Jun 15»
8
Freedom fighters: freelancing as direct action
Describing freelancing as direct action and as an act of political prefiguration may seem a bit of a stretch. However, if direct action is not about ... «Open Democracy, Jun 15»
9
IWW Introduction and Prefigurative Politics recordings from …
... what can be called the “logic of prefiguration” where a post-revolutionary future should somehow reflect back on present movement practices. «Indymedia UK, May 15»
10
Lepers and May 13 victims: Shared space, taboos, memories in …
Perhaps it is also a prefiguration that their stories can only be represented by the voice of a “third party”. Among the resemblances, there is, ... «Aliran Monthly, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Prefiguration [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/prefiguration>. Apr 2024 ».
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