divination

Noun
  1. Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck (synset 106796012)
    is a type of: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
  2. A prediction uttered under divine inspiration (synset 106762868)
    is a type of: forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication - a statement made about the future
    subtypes: oracle - a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
    same as: prophecy
  3. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means (synset 105784209)
    is a type of: prognostication, prophecy, vaticination - knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
    subtypes:
    • arithmancy - divination by means of numbers
    • dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy - searching for underground water or minerals by using a dowsing rod
    • geomancy - divination by means of signs connected with the earth (as points taken at random or the arrangement of particles thrown down at random or from the configuration of a region and its relation to another)
    • hydromancy - divination by water (as by patterns seen in the ebb and flow of the tides)
    • lithomancy - divination by means of stones or stone talismans
    • necromancy - conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying
    • oneiromancy - divination through the interpretation of dreams
    • onomancy - divination by the letters of a name
    • chirology, chiromancy, palm reading, palmistry - telling fortunes by lines on the palm of the hand
    • pyromancy - divination by fire or flames
    same as: foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying

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