precognition – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
precognition
n.
foreknowledge, advance knowledge, prescience, prediction
Precognition
Precognition (from the
Latin præ-, "before" and
cognitio, "acquiring knowledge"), also called
future sight, and
second sight, is an alleged
psychic ability to see events in the future.
precognition
Noun
1. knowledge of an event before it occurs
(synonym) foreknowledge
(hypernym) clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP
Precognition
(n.)
Previous cognition.
(n.)
A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
precognition
Synonyms and related words:
a priori knowledge, anticipation, apprehension, buddhi, clairvoyance, command, comprehension, conception, conceptualization, direct apprehension, foreboding, foreknowing, foreknowledge, foreseeability, forewisdom, grasp, grip, ideation, immediate cognition, insight, inspiration, intellection, intelligence, intuition, intuitionism, intuitive reason, intuitiveness, intuitivism, knowledge without thought, mastery, mental grasp, prehension, presage, prescience, presentiment, satori, savvy, second sight, second-sightedness, sixth sense, subconscious knowledge, subconscious perception, understanding, unmediated perception, wisdom
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Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
