Precognition vs. Premonition — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Precognition and Premonition
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Precognition
Precognition (from the Latin prae-, "before" and cognitio, "acquiring knowledge"), also called prescience, future vision or future sight, is a claimed psychic ability to see events in the future. As with other paranormal phenomena, there is no accepted scientific evidence that precognition is a real effect, and it is widely considered to be pseudoscience.
Premonition
A presentiment of the future; a foreboding
I had a premonition that our risky endeavor would end badly.
Precognition
Knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception; clairvoyance
“Throughout the season Seth showed great anticipation in a number of defensive and offensive plays, occasionally giving the team flashes of near precognition as he seemed to know just before somebody would come open on offense” (John Howe).
Premonition
A warning in advance; a forewarning
That skirmish was a premonition of battles to come.
Precognition
(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception.
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Premonition
A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.
Precognition
The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial.
Premonition
A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).
Precognition
Previous cognition.
Premonition
Previous warning, notice, or information; forewarning; as, a premonition of danger.
Precognition
A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution.
Premonition
A feeling of evil to come;
A steadily escalating sense of foreboding
The lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case
Precognition
Knowledge of an event before it occurs
Premonition
An early warning about a future event
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