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foreknowledge

[ fawr-nol-ij, fohr-, fawr-nol-ij, fohr- ]

noun

  1. knowledge of something before it exists or happens; prescience:

    Did you have any foreknowledge of the scheme?

    Synonyms: foresightedness, premonition, presentiment



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Word History and Origins

Origin of foreknowledge1

First recorded in 1525–35; fore- + knowledge
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Example Sentences

On Chiara's pale face and in his eyes was the shadow of his own foreknowledge.

I do not pretend to determine the controverted point of predestination, the foreknowledge and decrees of Providence.

Closely connected with these were predestination and grace, and then "fixed fate, free-will, foreknowledge absolute."

It is even sought to reconcile the antinomy of freedom vs. God's foreknowledge.

We do not know of a real instance in which a man's decision tended to be contrary to God's foreknowledge of its outcome.

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