Prescience
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noun.
Knowledge of actions or events before they occur; foresight.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
noun.
Foreknowledge; previous knowledge; knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
noun.
Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight.
Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
noun.
Knowledge of events before they take place;
foresight
;
foreknowledge
.
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noun.
the power to foresee the future
Word Usage
"In some of us, the gift of prescience is so great that it enables us to see far ahead to the new paths along which human progress will travel."
Hypernym
Words that are more generic or abstract
capacity
mental ability
Same Context
Words that are found in similar contexts
acumen
aptitude
celerity
clairvoyance
discernment
Synonym
Words with the same meaning
foreknowledge
foresight