PRESCIENCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The power to foresee the future

Synonyms:

prescience; prevision

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prescience" is a kind of...):

capacity; mental ability (the power to learn or retain knowledge; in law, the ability to understand the facts and significance of your behavior)

Derivation:

prescient (perceiving the significance of events before they occur)

Credits