adumbration

== English == === Etymology === From Latin adumbrātiō (“sketch; outline, silhouette; pretence, semblance”) +‎ -ion (suffix indicating a condition or state). Adumbrātiō is derived from adumbrāre (present active infinitive of adumbrō (“to represent an object with light and shade, to shade; to represent in outline, to outline, silhouette, sketch; to cast a shadow on, overshadow, shade; to copy, counterfeit, imitate”)) + -tiō (suffix forming nouns relating to actions or the results of actions). Adumbrō is derived from ad- (prefix meaning ‘to, towards’) + umbrō (“to cast a shadow, to shade; to overshadow”) (from umbra (“shade; shadow; ghost”)). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌædʌmˈbɹeɪʃ(ə)n/, /-əm-/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌædəmˈbɹeɪʃ(ə)n/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən Hyphenation: ad‧um‧brat‧ion === Noun === adumbration (countable and uncountable, plural adumbrations) (uncountable) The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow. Synonyms: shading, shadowing (countable) A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline. (specifically, heraldry, rare) The supposed practice of displaying only outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field. (countable, uncountable, figuratively) A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing. (countable, philosophy, specifically phenomenology) The form of an object as seen by an observer. ==== Usage notes ==== Sense 4 is particularly associated with the work of the German philosopher Edmund Husserl (1859–1938). ==== Derived terms ==== adumbrationism ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === “adumbration, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.