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crystal gazing

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crystal gazĀ·ing (gzng)
n.
1. Divination by gazing into a crystal ball.
2. The making of determinations or predictions using questionable or unscientific means.

crystal gazer n.

crystal gazing
Noun
1. the act of staring into a crystal ball supposedly in order to see future events
2. the act of trying to foresee or predict
crystal gazer n
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Noun1.crystal gazing - staring into a crystal ball to arouse visions of future or distant events
prophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)

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Instead of hopeless crystal gazing, we can ask what such an event would mean and what kind of policy should be adopted in response.
Police said unscrupulous fortune tellers - which include a range of services from crystal gazing to tarot card reading - generally prey on women.
298) As we learn from Traister's indication of the pervasive belief in the occult and the acceptance of crystal gazing by Forman and others, it was perhaps only the extent of Dee's interest in communicating with spirits and angels that was exceptional.
 
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