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precognition

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pre·cog·ni·tion  (prkg-nshn)
n.
Knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception; clairvoyance.
pre·cogni·tive adj.
precognition
Noun
Psychol the alleged ability to foresee future events [Latin praecognoscere to foresee]
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Noun1.precognition - knowledge of an event before it occurs
foreknowledge
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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Everything had been calculated with a depth of precognition which, for the first time in thirty years, recalled to him the solid foresight and inflexible logic of the great cardinal.
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