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precognition

noun

pre·​cog·​ni·​tion ˌprē-(ˌ)käg-ˈni-shən How to pronounce precognition (audio)
: clairvoyance relating to an event or state not yet experienced
precognitive adjective

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web More daringly, Barker thought that proving the existence of precognition would overturn the basic human understanding of linear time. Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022 Joe Lynch: Those people should be tracked down and forced to reckon with their lack of precognition. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 29 Sep. 2020 Assessing a startup requires quantitative and qualitative analysis and a bit of precognition. Samarth Masson, Quartz India, 18 Sep. 2019 To read those lines is like coming upon a precognition, a message to the present from the past. David L. Ulin, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2019 If the pupils of Moriarty's eyes dilate before the disturbing pictures appear on the screen, that's precognition. CBS News, 18 Mar. 2018 Within a month or two, the fallout from Bem’s initial paper had broadened into something bigger than a referendum on precognition. Daniel Engber, Slate Magazine, 17 May 2017 Or consider this experiment, which is a direct test of precognition. Jonah Lehrer, WIRED, 15 Nov. 2010 See More

Word History

Etymology

Late Latin praecognition-, praecognitio, from Latin praecognoscere to know beforehand, from prae- + cognoscere to know — more at cognition

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of precognition was in the 15th century

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