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prevision
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prevision
noun
the power to foresee the future
synonyms:
prescience
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capacity
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mental ability
the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior
noun
seeing ahead; knowing in advance; foreseeing
synonyms:
farsightedness
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foresight
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prospicience
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knowing
a clear and certain mental apprehension
noun
a prophetic vision (as in a dream)
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vision
a vivid mental image
noun
the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future)
synonyms:
anticipation
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prediction
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projection
a prediction made by extrapolating from past observations
prognostication
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prophecy
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vaticination
knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
adumbration
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foreshadowing
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prefiguration
the act of providing vague advance indications; representing beforehand
crystal gazing
staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events
divination
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foretelling
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fortune telling
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soothsaying
the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
type of:
abstract thought
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logical thinking
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reasoning
thinking that is coherent and logical
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