prefigure
Collocations
3ADJ.
all, urban
PREFIGURE + NOUN
butch, christ, futures, nrx
ADV.
typologically
Definitions
verb
To show or suggest ahead of time; to represent beforehand.
Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.
To predict or foresee.
noun
That which prefigures or appears to predict; a harbinger.
Quite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.
In his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.
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3Hong Kong, Singapore and Shanghai, all prefigure NRx urban futures.
WiktionaryQuite different is the way in which the tomboy girled the rebel narrative. In recent years, queer theorists have taken a deep interest in the tomboy as a prefigure for the butch dyke.
WiktionaryIn his influential commentary (the Moralia) Gregory the Great interpreted the protagonist typologically as a prefigure of Christ and of the Church persecuted.
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