| 单词 | soothsaying |
| 释义 | soothsaying (once / 47468 pages) n WORD FAMILY soothsaying: soothsayings USAGE EXAMPLESI considered myself to be a hopeful skeptic, but a neophyte in the worlds of clairvoyance, soothsaying and any medium promising news of the future. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) This soothsaying language extended beyond just media outlets. Slate(Nov 21, 2016) In Thailand it is often hard to separate state Buddhism from soothsaying. Economist(Nov 10, 2016) n the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means Syn|Hypo|Hyper divination, foretelling, fortune telling arithmancy divination by means of numbers dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancysearching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod geomancydivination 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) hydromancydivination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides) lithomancydivination by means of stones or stone talismans necromancyconjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying oneiromancydivination through the interpretation of dreams onomancydivination by the letters of a name chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistrytelling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand pyromancydivination by fire or flames prognostication, prophecy, vaticination knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source) |
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