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prescience

[ presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns ]

noun

  1. knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.


prescience

/ ˈɛɪəԲ /

noun

  1. knowledge of events before they take place; foreknowledge
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳ, adjective
  • ˈԳly, adverb
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • sԳ adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prescience1

First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia “foreknowledge”; equivalent to pre- + science
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of prescience1

C14: from Latin ī to foreknow, from prae before + ī to know
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Setting aside any bruised pride, he said there are plenty of reasons to visit the region, beyond its former political prescience.

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Maybe Ben Franklin’s wry quip about a “Republic, if you can keep it,’ was more prescience than cynicism.

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Fifteen years later, today’s report proves this point’s prescience.

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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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A citation composed in 2000 with the prescience that accompanies old knowledge brought forward.

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