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English noun: divination | |||
| 1. | divination (communication) successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conjecture, guess, hypothesis, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise | ||
| 2. | divination (communication) a prediction uttered under divine inspiration | ||
| Synonyms | prophecy | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | forecasting, foretelling, prediction, prognostication | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | oracle | ||
| 3. | divination (cognition) the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means | ||
| Synonyms | foretelling, fortune telling, soothsaying | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | prognostication, prophecy, vaticination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | arithmancy, chirology, chiromancy, dowse, dowsing, geomancy, hydromancy, lithomancy, necromancy, oneiromancy, onomancy, palm reading, palmistry, pyromancy, rhabdomancy | ||
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