divination
Noun
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is a type of: conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise - a message expressing an opinion based on incomplete evidence
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is a type of: forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication - a statement made about the futuresubtypes: oracle - a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infalliblesame as: prophecy
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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
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