| 单词 | precognition |
| 释义 | precognition (once / 70354 pages) n If you mysteriously know about something before it happens, that's precognition. A feeling that your mom is about to call just before your phone rings might be precognition — or maybe your mom just tends to call you hourly. Belief in precognition is considered superstitious (at least by those who don't believe in it). It falls under the category of ESP or a "sixth sense," and it comes in handy as an explanation for the phenomenon of déjà vu, that feeling of having done or said something before, and of knowing what will happen next. Precognition comes from the Latin praecognoscere, "to foreknow," from prae, "before," and cognoscere, "to get to know." WORD FAMILYprecognition: precognitions+/cognition: cognitions, precognition USAGE EXAMPLESAdams may be burdened with precognition, but he is not, as you may have surmised, burdened with humility. Slate(Sep 30, 2016) The concepts of telepathy, clairaudience, precognition and remote viewing are foreign to most, but while our vocabulary is imprecise, our wonder is enormous. Salon(May 16, 2015) Is it too great a stretch to believe that they also share the gift of precognition? New York Times(Jun 05, 2013) n knowledge of an event before it occurs Syn|Hyper foreknowledge E.S.P., ESP, clairvoyance, extrasensory perception, second sight apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses |
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