premonition

Meanings

• noun

  An intuition or feeling that something is going to happen, often unexplained or unevident.

• noun

  A presentiment or foreboding of future events.

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Synonyms

bad feeling , foreboding , gut feeling , hunch , second sight , vision

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Rhymes

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monition , otion , mission , vision

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Variants

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premonition , premonitions

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Etymology

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From the Latin word 'premonitio' meaning 'warning, forewarning'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'premonition' was first used in English in the 15th century.

2. In some cultures, premonitions are believed to be a sign of impending death.

3. The term 'premonition' is often used interchangeably with the term 'intuition', but they are not exactly the same thing. Intuition is a feeling or a knowing, while a premonition is a feeling or a knowing about a future event.

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Related Concepts

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1. Intuition: Intuition is a feeling or a knowing without conscious reasoning. It is a way of perceiving information directly, without the use of rational thought.

2. Foreboding: Foreboding is a feeling of apprehension or fear about a future event. It is a sense of unease or uneasiness that something bad is going to happen.

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In literature and art, premonitions are often depicted as intuitive feelings or visions that warn characters of impending danger. In some cultures, premonitions are believed to be signs from the divine or spiritual world.

How to Memorize "premonition"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a crystal ball or a tarot card to represent the concept of premonition. Imagine a person having a premonition as a feeling of unease or uneasiness in their stomach or a vision of a future event.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'premonition' with the words 'intuition', 'foreboding', and 'warning'. Think of a person having a premonition as someone who has a sense of what is going to happen before it happens.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'PreMonition' to remember the definition of the word. 'Pre' represents 'before', 'Mon' represents 'warning', and 'ition' represents 'the act of'.

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