prophetic
[pruh-fet-ik]
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Sometimes pro·phet·i·cal.
Origin of prophetic
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apocalypticprescientpropheticaloccultoracularveiledauguraldivinatoryfatidicmanticpredictiveprognosticpythonicsibyllinevaticinalDelphianforeshadowingExamples from the Web for prophetic
Contemporary Examples
The main article called Reflections on the Final Crusade outlines in prophetic terms just how ISIS will crush Christianity.
It is worth noting, however, that he was prophetic on several cultural and political developments.
But of course no such “prophetic sight” or “spiritual glance,” as Villard also imagined it, carried that far from the scaffold.
The pedantic type might note that Hippolytus makes no prophetic mention of the cinema or the Internet.
Here is a prophetic Nathan Zuckerman taking in the living room of the great writer E.I. Lonoff.
Five Great Literary Homes, From Pemberley to Ruth’sMarch 18, 2014
Historical Examples
His prophetic and doleful despatches had been for years the joke of Foreign Offices.
The Secret AgentJoseph Conrad
And lately I have thought that those dreams might be prophetic.
Night and Morning, CompleteEdward Bulwer-Lytton
However, we are not now inquiring into the causes of prophetic knowledge.
A Theological-Political Treatise [Part I]Benedict of Spinoza
Our prophetic motto will suit all creeds in their turn, that's a comfort.'
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
You, the people alone, you have been far-seeing and prophetic; but not they.
Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863Adam Gurowski
prophetic
- of or relating to a prophet or prophecy
- containing or of the nature of a prophecy; predictive
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Word Origin and History for prophetic
adj.
late 15c., from Middle French prophétique (15c.) and directly from Late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophetikos "pertaining to a prophet, oracular," from prophetes (see prophet). Related: Prophetical (mid-15c.); prophetically.
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