precognition

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Noun

precognition (countable and uncountable; plural precognitions)

1. (parapsychology) The ability to foresee the future.
2. (parapsychology) Knowledge of an event that is to occur in the future.
3. (Scotland) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.

Synonyms

• clairvoyance

Derived terms

• precognitive

Related terms

• cognition

Translations

ability to foresee the future

• Russian: предвидение (ru) (predvidenije) n

knowledge of something that is to occur in the future

• French: précognition (fr)
• German: Präkognition (de) f
• Italian: precognizione (it)
• Japanese: 予知（よち）
• Norwegian: prekognisjon

• Polish: prekognicja (pl) f
• Portuguese: precognição
• Russian: предвидение (ru) (predvidenije) n
• Spanish: precognición