Thesaurus results for PROPHECY

prophecy

noun

ˈprä-fə-sē

variants also prophesy

as in prediction

a declaration that something will happen in the future the report on climate change included alarming prophecies of rising sea levels and increased storm activity

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Recent Examples on the Web Which is to say, that doom prophecy has been fulfilled. —

Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 12 July 2024 In 2022, Jeffs released prophecies from prison, calling for the FLDS members to come back into the fold and die to be resurrected to heaven. —

Lauren Lantry, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2024 Crone has observed that the constant striving for perfection, driven by a sense of not feeling good enough, perpetuates the self-fulfilling prophecy of lower performance, preventing them from fully accessing their talents. —

Brook Choulet, Forbes, 16 Aug. 2024 Doing an emergency cut now, though, might make recession fears a self-fulfilling prophecy. —

Joel Mathis, theweek, 12 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for prophecy

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