prescience

== English == === Alternative forms === præscience (archaic) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English prescience, from Old French prescience, from Latin praescientia. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈpɹɛʃəns/, /ˈpɹɛsi.əns/, /ˈpɹɛʃiəns/, (sometimes) /ˈpɹi-/ Rhymes: -ɛsɪəns === Noun === prescience (usually uncountable, plural presciences) Knowledge of events before they take place. [from 14th c.] (especially) Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses. Synonyms: precognition, foresight (precognition sense), foreknowledge, clairvoyance, premonition, divination, prophecy, psychicness Coordinate term: foretelling (sometimes) Such knowledge that comes from wise and thorough forethought (for example, careful planning). Synonym: foresight (wisdom sense) Near-synonym: forethought ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == French == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin praescientia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pʁɛ.sjɑ̃s/ ~ /pʁe.sjɑ̃s/ === Noun === prescience f (plural presciences) prescience === Further reading === “prescience”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012