Foreshadowing
Foreshadowing noun - Something believed to be a sign or warning of a future event.
Usage example: the hero's strange encounter with a grave digger is often seen as a foreshadowing of his own death
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Synonyms for Foreshadowing
Suggestion and foreshadowing are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Suggestion" instead a noun "Foreshadowing".
Nearby Words: foreshadow, foreshadowed
Suggestion
Suggestion noun - A slight or indirect pointing to something (as a solution or explanation).
Foreshadowing and suggestion are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Foreshadowing" instead a noun "Suggestion".
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- There's a lingering shot of the (2D) chessboard when Chekhov and Terrell first enter Khan's cargo container refuge, foreshadowing the way Kirk defeats Khan at Spock's suggestion - "His pattern indicates 2-dimensional thinking.".
Source: Lampshade Hanging / Film -
Foreshadowing: In the Standard timeline, Eruca dismisses a suggestion to quietly assassinate Protea on the grounds that if she isn't openly removed from power, Selvan and Dias will just claim that she's gone into seclusion and run Granorg however they like in her name.
Source: Video Game / Radiant Historia
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