soothsaying

sooth·say·ing

S0565200 (so͞oth′sā′ĭng)n.1. The art or practice of foretelling events.2. A prediction; a prophecy.

sooth•say•ing

(ˈsuθˌseɪ ɪŋ)

n. 1. the practice or art of foretelling events. 2. a prophecy or prediction. [1525–35]

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soothsaying - the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural meansfortune telling, foretelling, divinationprophecy, vaticination, prognostication - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)arithmancy - divination by means of numbersdowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rodgeomancy - divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)lithomancy - divination by means of stones or stone talismansnecromancy - conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesyingoneiromancy - divination through the interpretation of dreamsonomancy - divination by the letters of a namechirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the handpyromancy - divination by fire or flames

soothsaying

nounSomething that is foretold by or as if by supernatural means:divination, oracle, prophecy, vaticination, vision.

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