prognostication

[prog-nos-ti-key-shuhn]

noun

1. the act of prognosticating.

2. a forecast or prediction.

Word History and Origins

Origin of prognostication¹

1350–1400; Middle English pronosticacion < Medieval Latin prognōsticātiōn- (stem of prognōsticātiō ). See prognosticate, -ion

Example Sentences

In the face of constant negative prognostications and outright attacks by pundits and politicos of all stripes, how is it that California, like Sisyphus, keeps pushing such a giant boulder up an ever-growing mountain?

From Los Angeles Times

We’re not quite there on the colonization front, but Smith’s prognostication on viewing habits is right on track.

From Los Angeles Times

Their prognostications on the fate of white farmers got nearly as much screen time as South Africa's democratically-elected president, who largely restricted himself to quiet, short interventions.

From BBC

Indeed, the annals of stock market commentaries are replete with prognostications that, in retrospect, were almost comically wrong.

From Los Angeles Times

But, after five weeks of prognostication, punditry, speculation, witness statements, conjecture, testimony, acrimony, incendiary speech and posturing, Trump’s fate rests in the hands of 12 ordinary, flesh and blood Americans.

From Salon

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