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anticipation vs prefiguration

prefiguration vs anticipation

anticipation and prefiguration both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
anticipation Yes No No No
prefiguration Yes No No No
As nouns, prefiguration is a hyponym of anticipation; that is, prefiguration is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than anticipation:
  • anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
  • prefiguration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
Other hyponyms of anticipation include projection, prognostication, prophecy, vaticination, adumbration, foreshadowing.
anticipation (noun) prefiguration (noun)
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future) the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
something expected (as on the basis of a norm) an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come
an expectation
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
Difference between anticipation and prefiguration

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