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precognition
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precognition /pre·cog·ni·tion/ (pre″kog-nish´un) extrasensory perception of a future event.
pre·cog·ni·tion (prkg-nshn)
n.
Knowledge of something in advance of its occurrence, especially by extrasensory perception.
pre·cogni·tive adj.
precognition
[-kognish′ən]
the alleged intuitive foreknowledge of events. Compare premonition.


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