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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
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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
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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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