soothsaying

sooth·say·ing  (sthsng)

n.

1. The art or practice of foretelling events.

2. A prediction; a prophecy.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

soothsaying - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means fortune telling, foretelling, divination prophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) arithmancy - divination by means of numbers dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod geomancy - divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another) hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides) lithomancy - divination by means of stones or stone talismans necromancy - conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying oneiromancy - divination through the interpretation of dreams onomancy - divination by the letters of a name chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand pyromancy - divination by fire or flames

Translations

soothsaying [ˈsuːθˌseɪɪŋ] N → adivinación f

soothsaying

n (old) → Wahrsagerei f