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PRECOGNITION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does precognition mean?
• PRECOGNITION (noun)
The noun PRECOGNITION has 1 sense:
1. knowledge of an event before it occurs
Familiarity information: PRECOGNITION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Knowledge of an event before it occurs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
foreknowledge; precognition
Hypernyms ("precognition" is a kind of...):
clairvoyance; E.S.P.; ESP; extrasensory perception; second sight (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)
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