presentiment

American  

[pri-zen-tuh-muhnt] / prɪˈzɛn tə mənt /

noun

1. a feeling or impression that something is about to happen, especially something evil; foreboding.

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presentiment British  

/ prɪˈzɛntɪmənt /

noun

1. a sense of something about to happen; premonition

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Other Word Forms

• presentimental adjective

Etymology

Origin of presentiment

1705–15; < French, now obsolete spelling of pressentiment. See pre-, sentiment

Example Sentences

It’s the type of hazards and presentiment that feel inherent to womanhood.

From Los Angeles Times

By late 2016, the seeming permanence of her move is threatened by apocalyptic presentiments unleashed by election anxiety.

From Los Angeles Times

Writing later of the bizarre extravaganza that took place that summer, de Coubertin said: “I had a sort of presentiment that the Olympiad would match the mediocrity of the town.”

From Seattle Times

In ethos and in substance, Sessions had long harbored the presentiments of Trumpism.

From New York Times

Though it got pretty bad reviews at the time, it now looks like a presentiment of the trauma launched on New York on 9/11.

From The Guardian