adumbration
1. the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand • Syn: prefiguration, foreshadowing • Derivationally related forms: foreshadow (for: foreshadowing), prefigure (for: prefiguration) • Hypernyms: prediction, anticipation, prevision 2. a sketchy or imperfect or faint representation • Hypernyms: representation
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