Vaticination
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /vəˌtɪsɪˈneɪʃən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Vaticination is a noun meaning Prediction, prophecy.
Meaning
Prediction, prophecy.
Example Sentences
[…][Nineteen Eighty-Four] breaks all records for gloomy vaticination[…]
Yorick ſcarce ever heard this ſad vaticination of his deſtiny read over to him, but with a tear ſtealing from his eye, […]
Archer had been wont to smile at these annual vaticinations of his mother's; but this year even he was obliged to acknowledge, as he listened to an enumeration of the changes, that the "trend" was visible.
Every surmise and vaticination of the mind is entitled to a certain respect, and we learn to prefer imperfect theories, and sentences, which contain glimpses of truth, to digested systems which have no one valuable suggestion.
Word Forms
- vaticinations
Synonyms for vaticination
Depending on context, synonyms include prognostication, prophecy.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include prophecy, prognostication, divination, fortune-telling, soothsaying, manticism.
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