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Meaning of "precognition" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD PRECOGNITION

From Late Latin praecognitiō foreknowledge, from praecognoscere to foresee, from prae before + cognoscere to know, ascertain.
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PRONUNCIATION OF PRECOGNITION

precognition  [ˌpriːkɒɡˈnɪʃən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PRECOGNITION

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Precognition is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PRECOGNITION MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Precognition

In parapsychology, precognition, also called future sight, and second sight, is a type of extrasensory perception that would involve the acquisition or effect of future information that cannot be deduced from presently available and normally acquired sense-based information. The existence of precognition, as with other forms of extrasensory perception, is not accepted by the mainstream scientific community. Scientific investigation of extrasensory perception is complicated by the definition which implies that the phenomena go against established principles of science. Specifically, precognition would violate the principle that an effect cannot occur before its cause. There are established biases affecting human memory and judgment of probability that create convincing but false impressions of precognition.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PRECOGNITION


admonition
ˌædməˈnɪʃən
ammunition
ˌæmjʊˈnɪʃən
clinician
klɪˈnɪʃən
cognition
kɒɡˈnɪʃən
definition
ˌdɛfɪˈnɪʃən
high-definition
ˌhaɪdefɪˈnɪʃən
ignition
ɪɡˈnɪʃən
irrecognition
ɪˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
metacognition
ˌmɛtəkɒɡˈnɪʃən
munition
mjuːˈnɪʃən
nonrecognition
ˌnɒnrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
pre-ignition
ˌpriːɪɡˈnɪʃən
premonition
ˌprɛməˈnɪʃən
punition
pjuːˈnɪʃən
recognition
ˌrɛkəɡˈnɪʃən
redefinition
ˌriːdefɪˈnɪʃən
reignition
ˌriːɪɡˈnɪʃən
retrocognition
ˌrɛtrəʊˌkɒɡˈnɪʃən
self-ignition
ˌselfɪɡˈnɪʃən
technician
tɛkˈnɪʃən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PRECOGNITION

precocial
precocious
precociously
precociousness
precocity
precode
precognisant
precognise
precognitive
precognizant
precognize
precognosce
precoital
precollege
precollegiate
precolonial
precombustion
precommitment
precompetitive
precompose

WORDS THAT END LIKE PRECOGNITION

accreditation
acquisition
addition
audition
competition
composition
condition
disposition
edition
exhibition
expedition
exposition
in a position
in addition
in mint condition
limited edition
nutrition
opposition
position
tradition
transition

Synonyms and antonyms of precognition in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «precognition» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PRECOGNITION

Find out the translation of precognition to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of precognition from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «precognition» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

预知
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

precognición
570 millions of speakers

English

precognition
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

precognition
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

استبصار
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

предвидение
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

precognição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পূর্বাহ্নে লব্ধ জ্ঞান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

préconnaissance
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pengiktirafan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Präkognition
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

予知
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

예지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Precognition
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

sự biết trước
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

முன்னுணர்வு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूर्वज्ञान
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

önsezi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antiveggenza
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

precognition
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

передбачення
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

previziune
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

πρόγνωση
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

precognitie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

precognition
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

precognition
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of precognition

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECOGNITION»

The term «precognition» is regularly used and occupies the 59.506 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PRECOGNITION» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «precognition» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «precognition» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about precognition

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PRECOGNITION»

Discover the use of precognition in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to precognition and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Impossible Realities: The Science Behind Energy Healing, ...
This is a book both for true believers and skeptics alike.
Maureen Caudill, 2012
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Divine Foreknowledge and Human Freedom: The Coherence of ...
Broad, "Precognition," pp. 186-7. Brier concludes that there is no adequate proof that precognition involves backward causation, but he stresses that its doing so cannot be ruled out because backward causation is mistakenly thought to be ...
William Lane Craig, 1991
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Philosophy of Science and Occult, 1st Ed.
We propose to challenge the soundness of this dominant belief in the light of the results of an experiment on precognition conducted at the Institute for Parapsychology (formerly the Duke Parapsychology Laboratory) in Durham, North ...
Patrick Grim, 1982
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The End of Materialism: How Evidence of the Paranormal is ...
Precognition is successful prediction of future events when such events couldn't be rationally predicted from knowledge of current conditions and the laws governing their change. Saying it will be light out tomorrow at 8:00 a.m., for instance, ...
Charles T. Tart, 2009
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Enhancing Human Performance: Issues, Theories, and Techniques
In the precognition mode, all is well: if precognition exists, the subject foresees what light will light next and then presses the corresponding button. Alternatively, if PK is used, the subjects could supposedly arbitrarily choose a button and then  ...
Daniel Druckman, John A. Swets, National Research Council, 1988
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Parapsychology, Philosophy, and Spirituality: A Postmodern ...
This conclusion is reinforced by the idea that precognition involves a present perception of a future event: For such a perception to be possible, the "future" event would necessarily already exist now. If what seem to be future events already ...
David Ray Griffin, 1997
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The Atheist's Bible: How Science Eliminates Theism
Precognition is the ability to know what is to come. How can such an ability possibly exist if the future hasn't yet occurred? Is such an ability even in the realm of possibility? I know of a couple different scientific studies that have arguably proven ...
Geoff Linsley, 2008
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Philosophy and Psychical Research
(10) 'Duval and Montredon', 'Precognition in Mice: a Confirmation', JP (March 1969), pp. 71-2. (11) Hansel, C. E. M., ESP: A Scientific Evaluation (1966). (12) Levin, J. S. and Davis, J. W., 'A Comparison of PK and Precognition in Rodents', ...
Shivesh C Thakur, 2014
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The Bridges of Avalon: Science, Spirit, and the Quest for Unity
From the lay perspective, precognition is the ability of the “professional psychic,” whose sign may hang on a front porch, or whose ad may lie in the back of a tabloid. This is the mystic service tendered thousands of times a day to distraught  ...
Nicholas A. Reiter, 2005
10
Parapsychology: Research on Exceptional Experiences
There are seven different interval categories (intervals between response and target generation), varying from a millisecond to months. A significant decline in precognition effect sizes occurred as the time interval between response and target ...
Jane Henry, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PRECOGNITION»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term precognition is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The July Book Club Picks Take Us 'A Million Miles Away'
... including perfect recall, body manipulation, telepathy, precognition, levitation, mind-control, and the ability to change one's appearance at will ... «Just Jared Jr., Jul 15»
2
OP-ED: Justice Foiled by Ignorance of Trauma
She said those are “recallable” memories but pointed out that brain activity begins in the womb and precognition does not mean that the world ... «Social Justice Solutions, Jul 15»
3
Small Screen: Remakes, revivals dominate fall lineups
... which followed after the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report, about precognition of crimes, which itself gets a sequel series this fall ... «Times Colonist, Jul 15»
4
Fall TV preview: A lot of what's new is old
... is a gloss on CBS's “Person of Interest,” which followed after the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie “Minority Report,” about precognition of crimes ... «Naples Daily News, Jul 15»
5
TV viewers may feel like they've seen it all before
... is a gloss on CBS's Person of Interest, which followed after the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie Minority Report, about precognition of crimes, ... «Philly.com, Jul 15»
6
Tuned In: New fall series lack originality
... is a gloss on CBS's “Person of Interest,” which followed after the 2002 Steven Spielberg movie “Minority Report,” about precognition of crimes ... «Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Jul 15»
7
Oscar AP, the first true precognitive enterprise analytics, lands in the …
The company's patented artificial precognition (AP) application is now available to enterprises to analyse their data and make decisions with ... «RealWire, Jul 15»
8
Did Hideo Kojima Include An Epic Middle Finger To Konami In …
A recent video collage of an Easter egg in Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes reveals that there may have been a bit of precognition going on ... «Cinema Blend, Jul 15»
9
5 Super Powers the Best Leaders Have That You Can Learn
So, what looks like precognition is really a leap from precedent to probability based on numerous prior observations. Related: Tap Your Hidden ... «Entrepreneur, Jul 15»
10
CMU Beef Of The Week #262: Neil Young v Streaming
I mean, why would you say such a thing? Is that really what you'd use your powers of precognition for? I think there are more important things, ... «Complete Music Update, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Precognition [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/precognition>. Apr 2024 ».
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