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prefiguration vs anticipation

anticipation vs prefiguration

prefiguration and anticipation both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
prefiguration Yes No No No
anticipation Yes No No No
As nouns, anticipation is a hypernym of prefiguration; that is, anticipation is a word with a broader meaning than prefiguration:
  • prefiguration: the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
  • anticipation: the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
Other hypernyms of prefiguration include prediction, prevision.
prefiguration (noun) anticipation (noun)
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
an example that prefigures or foreshadows what is to come something expected (as on the basis of a norm)
an expectation
anticipating with confidence of fulfillment
Difference between prefiguration and anticipation

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