precognition
noun
knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
precognitive
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a word derived from
precognition.
Example Sentences
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The work itself is satisfying in a visceral, precognitive way and mostly defies explanation.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 28, 2016
Chester 5000 XYV Facebook Twitter Pinterest Illustration: Jess Fink For decades, comic stories have featured uncanny super-beings with precognitive powers.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2016
Weiss are inventing a whole new genre of television: precognitive adaptation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2016
It opens at fever pitch and then starts soaring– into genetic fantasy, into a precognitive dream of delirium and delight.
From Time ● Nov. 28, 2011
The message from his precognitive powers had come along just in time.
From Occasion for Disaster by Randall Garrett
