Definition of precognition. Meaning of precognition. Synonyms of precognition

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Definition of precognition

Precognition
Precognition Pre`cog*ni"tion, n. [L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-, and Cognition.] 1. Previous cognition. --Fotherby. 2. (Scots Law) A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. --Erskine.

Meaning of precognition from wikipedia

- Precognition (from the Latin prae- 'before', and cognitio 'acquiring knowledge') is the purported psychic phenomenon of seeing, or otherwise becoming directly...
- Precognition in Scots law is the practice of precognoscing a witness, that is the taking of a factual statement from witnesses by both prosecution and...
- clairaudience, clairsentience, empathy and their trans-temporal operation as precognition or retrocognition. Second sight is an alleged form of extrasensory perception...
- insight, wise counsel or prophetic predictions, most notably including precognition of the ****ure, inspired by deities. If done through occultic means, it...
- or provided by such beings, including magic, telekinesis, levitation, precognition, and extrasensory perception. Occurring as both an adjective and a noun...
- ability to telepathically communicate with another person through dreams. Precognition (including psychic premonitions) – The ability to perceive or gain knowledge...
- distant in time or space. It can be divided into roughly three classes: precognition, the ability to perceive or predict ****ure events, retrocognition, the...
- illusion of knowing something in advance under impossible conditions (precognition), or of being able to read the thoughts of another person (telepathy)...
- study of alleged psychic phenomena (extrasensory perception, telepathy, precognition, clairvoyance, psychokinesis (also called telekinesis), and psychometry)...
- awareness. In some humans, the ****e can also unlock prescience, a form of precognition based in genetics but made possible by use of the drug in larger dosages...