precognition

C2+ Topic:Abstract Ideas

US /ˌprikɑɡˈnɪʃən/ UK /ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɪʃən/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
supposed foreknowledge of an event through extrasensory means

She claimed precognition of the coming disaster.

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Synonyms

1 noun · supposed foreknowledge of... foreknowledge foresight prescience clairvoyance premonition prevision

Opposites

hindsight

Word family

Related forms precognitive cognition recognition

Etymology

From Late Latin praecognitio ('foreknowledge'), from praecognoscere ('to foreknow'), from prae- ('before') + cognoscere ('to know').

praecognitio Latin cognoscere Latin

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Abstract Ideas Word Formation & Derivatives

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# precognition

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˌprikɑɡˈnɪʃən/
**IPA (UK):** /ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɪʃən/

## Meanings
1. supposed foreknowledge of an event through extrasensory means

## Examples
- She claimed precognition of the coming disaster.

## Synonyms
- foreknowledge
- foresight
- prescience
- clairvoyance
- premonition
- prevision

## Antonyms
- hindsight

## Related Forms
- precognitive
- cognition
- recognition

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: praecognitio
- Root: cognoscere

## Etymology
From Late Latin praecognitio ('foreknowledge'), from praecognoscere ('to foreknow'), from prae- ('before') + cognoscere ('to know').

## AI Etymology
Precognition comes from Late Latin praecognitio ('foreknowledge'), from praecognoscere ('to foreknow'), from prae- ('before') + cognoscere ('to know'). The historical chain includes Latin praecognitio and Latin cognoscere. The quoted older senses, "foreknowledge", "to foreknow", "before", and "to know", supply the semantic anchors for precognition. The formation is best read as compound and borrowed: the word precognition carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a noun, "supposed foreknowledge of an event through extrasensory means". Related English forms include precognitive, cognition, and recognition. The result is a noun whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization.

## Topics
- Abstract Ideas
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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