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prescience

  • \pʁe.sjɑ̃s\

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Du latin praescientia.

noun presciences

  1. Connaissance de l’avenir. La prescience des événements prochains.
  2. Prévision de l’avenir. Quant à Godefroy, qui, dans un moment de prescience, sans doute, voyait avec peine tous ces arrangements, il donna pour tout don à sa nièce ce chapelet…

Opposite: imprescience

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noun

Opposite: imprescience

In English

  • prescience Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge
  • foresight ability to foresee or prepare wisely for the future

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"prescience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/fr/prescience. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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prescience. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/fr/prescience

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"prescience." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/fr/prescience.

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@misc{prescience_2026,
  title = {prescience},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fr/prescience},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}