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Prefiguration

The act of prefiguring, or the state of being prefigured.

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Anticipation 76% connected

The act of anticipating, taking up, placing, or considering something beforehand, or before the proper time in natural order.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Example 76% connected

One or a portion taken to show the character or quality of the whole; a sample; a specimen.

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Model 76% connected

A miniature representation of a thing, with the several parts in due proportion; sometimes, a facsimile of the same size.

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Prediction 76% connected

The act of foretelling; also, that which is foretold; prophecy.

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Prevision 76% connected

Foresight; foreknowledge; prescience.

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Prefigure 74% connected

To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Prefigure 74% connected

To show, suggest, or announce, by antecedent types and similitudes; to foreshadow.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Adumbration 92% connected

The act of adumbrating, or shadowing forth.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Causal factor noun · 86% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Clincher noun · 86% connection

a point or fact or remark that settles something conclusively

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Determinant noun · 86% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Determinative noun · 86% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Determiner noun · 86% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Determining factor noun · 86% connection

a determining or causal element or factor; "education is an important determinant of one's outlook on life"

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Influence noun · 86% connection

a cognitive factor that tends to have an effect on what you do; "her wishes had a great influence on his thinking"

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Alternative noun · 85% connection

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

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Choice noun · 85% connection

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

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Concept noun · 85% connection

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

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Conception noun · 85% connection

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

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Construct noun · 85% connection

an abstract or general idea inferred or derived from specific instances

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Option noun · 85% connection

one of a number of things from which only one can be chosen; "what option did I have?"; "there is no other alternative"; "my only choi…

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Statistic noun · 85% connection

a datum that can be represented numerically

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Evidence noun · 84% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Grounds noun · 84% connection

your basis for belief or disbelief; knowledge on which to base belief; "the evidence that smoking causes lung cancer is very compellin…

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Intellect noun · 84% connection

the capacity for rational thought or inference or discrimination; "we are told that man is endowed with reason and capable of distingu…

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Issue noun · 84% connection

some situation or event that is thought about; "he kept drifting off the topic"; "he had been thinking about the subject for several y…

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Prefigurement noun · 78% connection

The act of prefiguring; prefiguration; also, that which is prefigured.

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Synastry noun · 78% connection

Concurrence of starry position or influence; hence, similarity of condition, fortune, etc., as prefigured by astrological calculation.

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Prefigured imp. & p. p. · 72% connection

of Prefigure

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Prefiguring p. pr. & vb. n. · 72% connection

of Prefigure

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