PROPHECY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

Synonyms:

prognostication; prophecy; vaticination

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prophecy" is a kind of...):

anticipation; prediction; prevision (the act of predicting (as by reasoning about the future))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prophecy"):

crystal gazing (staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events)

divination; foretelling; fortune telling; soothsaying (the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means)

Derivation:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

Meaning:

A prediction uttered under divine inspiration

Synonyms:

divination; prophecy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("prophecy" is a kind of...):

forecasting; foretelling; prediction; prognostication (a statement made about the future)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "prophecy"):

oracle (a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible)

Derivation:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

It was only next day, when Wainwright Island loomed to windward, close abeam, that Wolf Larsen opened his mouth in prophecy.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

And upon this, and him, Louis passed judgment and prophecy.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)