prognostication

prognostication
noun
  1. [mass noun]the action of foretelling or prophesying future events
    预言,预示
    an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication.
    空前之多的内省和预言。
    ■[count noun]a prophecy
    预言,预测
    these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded.
    这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate)
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