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prescience
[ presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns ]
noun
- knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
prescience
/ ˈɛɪəԲ /
noun
- knowledge of events before they take place; foreknowledge
Derived Forms
- ˈԳ, adjective
- ˈԳly, adverb
Other Word Forms
- sԳ adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of prescience1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prescience1
Example Sentences
Maybe it’s inevitable that "Black Mirror," once upon a time a show of unnerving political and social prescience, would become not simply passé but past expiration.
Setting aside any bruised pride, he said there are plenty of reasons to visit the region, beyond its former political prescience.
Maybe Ben Franklin’s wry quip about a “Republic, if you can keep it,’ was more prescience than cynicism.
Fifteen years later, today’s report proves this point’s prescience.
In his 1989 journal article "Feminism, the Body, and the Machine," Berry lambasts the era's burgeoning tech revolution with jarring prescience:
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