prescience
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- prescient adjective
- presciently adverb
Etymology
Origin of prescience
First recorded in 1325–75; Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia “foreknowledge”; equivalent to pre- + science
Example Sentences
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What does surprise is his prescience about still-relevant concerns, from a disappearing middle class to police brutality.
From Los Angeles Times
Her presence on the pitch and her prescience off it - a willingness to embrace TikTok is widely credited with her huge popularity - has helped make Earps an unstoppable force.
From BBC
Maybe it’s inevitable that "Black Mirror," once upon a time a show of unnerving political and social prescience, would become not simply passé but past expiration.
From Salon
Setting aside any bruised pride, he said there are plenty of reasons to visit the region, beyond its former political prescience.
From Los Angeles Times
Maybe Ben Franklin’s wry quip about a “Republic, if you can keep it,’ was more prescience than cynicism.
From Salon
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