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prescience
[presh-uhns, -ee-uhns, pree-shuhns, -shee-uhns]
noun
knowledge of things before they exist or happen; foreknowledge; foresight.
prescience
/ ˈɛɪəԲ /
noun
knowledge of events before they take place; foreknowledge
Other Word Forms
- prescient adjective
- ˈԳ adjective
- ˈԳly adverb
Word History and Origins
Origin of prescience1
Word History and Origins
Origin of prescience1
Example Sentences
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.
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.
Setting aside any bruised pride, he said there are plenty of reasons to visit the region, beyond its former political prescience.
Maybe Ben Franklin’s wry quip about a “Republic, if you can keep it,’ was more prescience than cynicism.
Fifteen years later, today’s report proves this point’s prescience.
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