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prophecy

noun

1 prophecy

Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source).

synonyms: prognostication, vaticination.

Roget 511: prediction, announcement; program, programme [Brit.] etc. (plan) 626; premonition etc. (warning) 668; prognosis, prophecy, vaticination, ... show more

Dutch: futurologie, perspectivisme, prognostica, prognostiek
Polish: wróżba, omen

2 prophecy

A prediction uttered under divine inspiration.

synonym: divination.

Dutch: voorspelling
Polish: proroctwo, wyrocznia


Moby thesaurus: actuarial prediction, afflatus, aftertime, afteryears, apocalypse, augury, by-and-by, cast, course ahead, crystal ball, determinism, direct communication, distant future, divination, divine inspiration, divine revelation, epiphany, eventuality, expectation, foreboding ... show more.

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