prefiguring

A specific instance in which something is prefigured

Noun

  1. A specific instance in which something is prefigured
    • This book’s culture clashes are every bit as memorable as its eerie prefigurings of the present financial meltdowns. - 2009 January 15, Janet Maslin, “A Monetary Horror Story That Looks Like Today’s”, in New York Times:

Forms

prefigurings

Verb

  1. present participle and gerund of prefigure