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单词 presentiment
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presentimentn.

Brit. /prᵻˈsɛntᵻm(ə)nt/, /prᵻˈzɛntᵻm(ə)nt/, U.S. /prᵻˈsɛn(t)ᵻm(ə)nt/, /prᵻˈzɛn(t)ᵻm(ə)nt/, /prəˈsɛn(t)əm(ə)nt/, /prəˈzɛn(t)əm(ə)nt/
Forms: see pre- prefix and sentiment n.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymons: pre- prefix, sentiment n.
Etymology: < pre- prefix + sentiment n., after French pressentiment (1572 in Middle French; 1611 in Cotgrave as presentiment ; < pressentir to have a premonition ( < classical Latin praesentīre : see presentient adj.1) + -ment -ment suffix). Compare earlier presension n. and presensation n.
1. An intuitive feeling about the future; an expectation or mental impression of something about to happen, esp. one with no apparent or definite foundation; a foreboding, esp. of misfortune or something evil.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > foresight, foreknowledge > premonition, presentiment > [noun] > instance of
boding1297
pricking of (also in) one's thumbsa1398
sense1549
presagition?c1550
forefeeling1551
aboding1579
bode1587
foresignification1592
presage1597
prevention1601
bodement1642
presentiment1663
forebodea1680
forebodement1755
omening1796
bodeword1832
forefeel1839
hunch1904
1663 J. D. tr. H. de Péréfixe de Beaumont Hist. Henry IV iii. 229 She with no small grief parted from him, recommending to him her Children with tears in her eyes, as if she had some secret presentiment [Fr. un secret presentiment]; telling him that she should never more see him.
1677 J. Phillips tr. J.-B. Tavernier New Relation Seraglio xi. 61 in tr. J.-B. Tavernier Six Voy. (1678) As for the opportunity of making an escape out of Turkey, by any one who might have some presentiment of his destruction, it is to no purpose to think of it.
1714 D. Manley Adventures of Rivella 71 Some Presentiment told me this agreeable Gentleman would certainly succeed.
1736 Bp. J. Butler Analogy of Relig. i. vi. 114 [God] must have given us this Discernment..as a Pre-sentiment of what is to be hereafter.
1761 F. Sheridan Mem. Miss Sidney Bidulph II. 415 She seemed to have a pre-sentiment of those evils.
1801 H. Lee Canterbury Tales IV. 376 I had an ugly presentiment of what was to be the subject of our conversation.
1830 W. Wordsworth Presentiments i Presentiments! they judge not right Who deem that ye from open light Retire in fear of shame.
1884 L. J. Jennings in Croker Papers I. vi. 181 They appear to have had a sad presentiment of the truth.
1948 J. Rosenberg Rembrandt I. ii. 55 Hendrickje's expression here betrays a presentiment of her approaching end.
1978 I. Berlin Russian Thinkers 28 His earlier phase, which is felt to be full of presentiments of the later life.
1990 C. Holland Bear Flag (1992) xlv. 336 Larkin's neck tingled with a presentiment of catastrophe.
2. A preconceived idea or opinion; a preconception. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > belief > expressed belief, opinion > bias, prejudice > [noun] > instance of
prejudgementa1538
prejudice1563
preconceit1593
preconceptiona1631
prepossession1638
presentiment1751
unconscious bias1784
sizeism1971
1751 Ld. Chesterfield Let. 4 Feb. (1932) (modernized text) IV. 1672 You would not give people reason to change their favourable presentiments of you.
1806 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1956) II. 1192 What I now feel is only a very strong presentiment of their Truth and Importance aided by a thorough conviction of the hollowness of all other Systems.
1872 H. P. Liddon Some Elements Relig. ii. 49 The idea or presentiment of God, everywhere rooted in the mind of man.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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