prescience

C2 Topic:Science & Research
US /ˈpɹɛʃəns/ UK /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/
noun Freq #118245

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    Knowledge of events before they take place.

    God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents.

Thesaurus

Synonyms
1 noun · knowledge of events before... clairvoyancedivinationforeknowledgeforesightprecognitionpremonitionprophecypsychicness
Word family
Related forms prescientprescientificprotoscienceprotoscientific

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia.

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