divination

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noun

1. successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
• Hypernyms:
guess, conjecture, supposition, surmise, surmisal,
speculation, hypothesis
2. a prediction uttered under divine inspiration
• Syn:
prophecy
• Derivationally related forms:
divine, prophetical (for: prophecy), prophetic (for: prophecy)
• Hypernyms:
prediction, foretelling, forecasting, prognostication
• Hyponyms:
oracle
3. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
• Syn:
foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling
• Derivationally related forms:
divine
• Hypernyms:
prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
• Hyponyms:
arithmancy, dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy, geomancy,
hydromancy, lithomancy, necromancy, oneiromancy, onomancy, palmistry,
palm reading, chiromancy, chirology, pyromancy

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling, prophecy