fortunetelling
Americannoun
adjective
Etymology
Origin of fortunetelling
Example Sentences
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Under Mao Zedong, the communist revolutionary who founded the People’s Republic in 1949 and ruled China until his death in 1976, faith was classified as feudal superstition—in the party’s view, no better than fortunetelling.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 6, 2026
A married fortunetelling couple is haunted by a demon after a suspicious customer enters their store.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2023
Kayoko Shiraishi, a veteran actress known for ghost tale monologues, performed Ugetsu’s “The Kibitsu Cauldron,” a story of an imprudent man who marries a priest’s good daughter despite a cauldron’s fortunetelling revealing a bad omen.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 29, 2023
I’m not trying to shame anyone for being bad at fortunetelling.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 3, 2023
He had not expected fortunetelling to be so vague.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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