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The act or practice of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature..
Fortune-telling has been in all countries a gift of the sea-people.
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Fortune-telling means The act or practice of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Fortune-telling has been in all countries a gift of the sea-people.
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