foreknowledge

[ fawr-nol-ij, fohr-, fawr-nol-ij, fohr- ]

noun

1. knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience:

   Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?

   Synonyms: foresightedness, premonition, presentiment

Word History and Origins

Origin of foreknowledge¹

First recorded in 1525–35; fore- + knowledge

Example Sentences

On Chiara's pale face and in his eyes was the shadow of his own foreknowledge.

From Project Gutenberg

I do not pretend to determine the controverted point of predestination, the foreknowledge and decrees of Providence.

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Closely connected with these were predestination and grace, and then "fixed fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute."

From Project Gutenberg

It is even sought to reconcile the antinomy of freedom vs. God's foreknowledge.

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We do not know of a real instance in which a man's decision tended to be contrary to God's foreknowledge of its outcome.

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