Definition of prescience
: foreknowledge of events:a : divine omniscienceb : human anticipation of the course of events : foresight
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Examples of prescience in a Sentence
He predicted their response with amazing prescience.
Her prescience as an investor is impressive.
Recent Examples of prescience from the Web
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Yet for all its dark prescience, Burn After Reading almost feels too optimistic.
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The phrase ricocheted around the media-sphere, earning Clinton considerable criticism for a paranoia that now looks like prescience.
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The phrase ricocheted around the media-sphere, earning Clinton considerable criticism for a paranoia that now looks like prescience.
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From Donald Trump's presidency to the development of FaceTime and smartwatches and Lady Gaga's Super Bowl halftime show performance, the beloved series prescience has been surprisingly on-point over the years.
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But there’s a lot to be said for the prescience of the writers.
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Hurwitz’s prescience isn’t only a matter of politics but of the imaginative freedom of mental life.
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Investors betting on a Big Brother future may be in for some nasty surprises; those who bet against its endurance may be rewarded for their prescience.
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The phrase ricocheted around the media-sphere, earning Clinton considerable criticism for a paranoia that now looks like prescience.
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Did You Know?
If you know the origin of "science," you already know half the story of "prescience." "Science" comes from the Latin verb scire, which means "to know" and which is the source of many English words ("conscience," "conscious," and "omniscience," just to name a few). "Prescience" comes from the Latin verb praescire, which means "to know beforehand." "Praescire" joins the verb "scire" with the prefix prae-, a predecessor of "pre-." A lesser-known "scire"-derived word is "nescience." Nescience means "ignorance" and comes from "scire" plus "ne-," which means "not" in Latin.
Origin and Etymology of prescience
Middle English, from Late Latin praescientia, from Latin praescient-, praesciens, present participle of praescire to know beforehand, from prae- + scire to know — more at science
PRESCIENCE Defined for English Language Learners
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: the ability to know what will or might happen in the future
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