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fortunetelling

American  
[fawr-chuhn-tel-ing] / ˈfɔr tʃənˌtɛl ɪŋ /
Or fortune-telling

noun

  1. the act or practice of predicting the future.


adjective

  1. engaged in or used for fortunetelling.

Etymology

Origin of fortunetelling

First recorded in 1550–60; fortune + tell 1 + -ing 1

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Such activities include praying to gods and deities, fortunetelling and physiognomy, and consulting spiritual gurus or mystics, according to party commentaries and state media.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 17, 2026

And — spoiler alert — that means she’s running her own fortunetelling business again.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 6, 2023

Jackie receives a prophecy in the form of a souvenir card from a “Medicine Man” fortunetelling machine at a gas station gift shop.

From New York Times Aug. 1, 2022

Don’t miss the arch-decadent Enoch Soames and the fortunetelling A.V.

From Washington Post Jan. 11, 2022

He had not expected fortunetelling to be so vague.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

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