prognosticator

English

Etymology

prognosticate +‎ -or

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɹɒɡˈnɒstɪkeɪtə(ɹ)/

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Noun

prognosticator (plural prognosticators)

1. One who prognosticates or makes predictions; one who forecasts or guesses.

   Synonym: prognosticant

   Plenty of prognosticators try to forecast the ups and downs of the market.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 47:13:

     Thou art wearied in the multitude of thy counsels: let now the astrologers, the starre-gazers, the monethly prognosticators stand vp, and saue thee from these things that shall come vpon thee.

   • 2012 June 26, Genevieve Koski, “Music: Reviews: Justin Bieber: Believe”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 6 August 2020:

     When the staccato, Neptunes-ian single “Boyfriend” was released in March, musical prognosticators were quick to peg the album it portended, Believe, as Justin Bieber’s Justified, a grown-and-sexy, R&B-centric departure that evolved millennial teenybopper Justin Timberlake into one of the unifying pop-music figures of the aughts.

   • 2021 May 29, Ross Douthat, “Why the Lab Leak Theory Matters”, in The New York Times‎^[2], →ISSN:

     On Long Bets, a website where prognosticators test their mettle by playing for real (or at least proceeds-donated-to-charity) stakes, there is an open bet between the British astrophysicist Martin Rees, a noted worrier over apocalyptic possibilities, and Harvard University’s Steven Pinker, famous for his vaulting optimism.