prescience means Knowledge of events before they take place.; Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses. Lexicurio rates it Rare gem — a strength score of 80 out of 100.
Why this word is great
PRESCIENCE — [Noun] The foreknowledge of events before they occur, arising from supernatural insight or profound human sagacity. From Old French *prescience*, from Late Latin *praescientia*, from Latin *praescire* (“to know beforehand”), from *prae-* (“before”) + *scire* (“to know”). Unlike *foresight*, which implies prudent, earthbound calculation, or *omniscience*, which denotes a god’s total, timeless knowledge, prescience is the specific, piercing beam into the dark ahead. It is Cassandra watching the Greeks build the horse with perfect, cursed clarity; the animal’s restless agitation before the quake; or the quiet, irrevocable certainty that settles in the chest as one watches a beloved turn down a distant, shadowed lane. It is the terrible gift of seeing the end written in the first line.
noun
- Knowledge of events before they take place.; Such knowledge that is supernatural or paranormal in nature, including the prediction of things that nobody could have known by the ordinary senses.“God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents”
- Knowledge of events before they take place.; Such knowledge that comes from wise and thorough forethought (for example, careful planning).“Near-synonym: forethought”