soothsaying
Americannoun
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the practice or art of foretelling events.
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a prediction or prophecy.
Etymology
Origin of soothsaying
Example Sentences
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Not thankful: All the hand-wringing and apocalyptic soothsaying about how artificial intelligence is a Pandora’s box that will steal our jobs and ultimately spell our doom.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
At least this is definitive proof that The Post doesn’t pay me for soothsaying.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2017
Frank Bruni: That is a bit of unimpeachable soothsaying, Gail.
From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2017
They’re like Tom Riddle’s diary of academic soothsaying.
From Slate • Dec. 22, 2016
Numerology, especially in its soothsaying and divinatory aspects, is in many ways a typical pseudoscience.
From "Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences" by John Allen Paulos
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