divination (n)
foretelling (n)
soothsaying (n)
fortune telling (n)

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type n
lex_filenum 09
def the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
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Hypernym prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
Derivationally related form divination → divine
Hyponym arithmancy; dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy; geomancy; hydromancy; lithomancy; necromancy; oneiromancy; onomancy; palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology; pyromancy
Incoming links
Hyponym prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
Hypernym arithmancy; dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy; geomancy; hydromancy; lithomancy; necromancy; oneiromancy; onomancy; palmistry, palm reading, chiromancy, chirology; pyromancy
Derivationally related form divine → divination

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