divination

English

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Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /%dIv&"neS@n/
• IPA: /ˌdɪvɨˈneɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

divination (countable and uncountable; plural divinations)

1. (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
2. The pretended art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
3. (countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Hyponyms

• See also Wikisaurus:divination

Derived terms

• star divination

Related terms

• divine
• predivination

Translations

act of divining

Bulgarian: предсказване (bg) n. Czech: věštba (cs) f., věštění (cs) n. Ewe: afakaka Finnish: ennustaminen (fi)

Greek: μαντεία (el) (mantía) f. Hungarian: jövendölés (hu) Japanese: 占い (ja) (uranai) Portuguese: adivinhação (pt) f.

art of discovering secrets or seeing the future by supernatural means

Bulgarian: гадаене (bg) n., врачуване (bg) n. Finnish: selvännäkeminen (fi), kaivonkatsominen (fi)

Greek: μαντεία (el) (mantía) f., μαντική (el) (mantikí) f. Hungarian: jövendölés (hu)

indication of future, prediction

Bulgarian: прогноза (bg) f. Finnish: ennustus (fi)

Greek: προφητεία (el) (profitía) f. Hungarian: jövendölés (hu)

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Romanian: divinizare f.

See also

• Methods of divination on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Methods of divination