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premonition.

A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.

11 characters4 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˌpriːməˈnɪʃən//ˌprɛ-/
  1. A clairvoyant or clairaudient experience, such as a dream, which resonates with some event in the future.

  2. A strong intuition that something is about to happen (usually something negative, but not exclusively).

Where this word comes from

First use appears c. 1533. From Anglo-Norman premunition, from Ecclesiastical Latin praemonitiōnem (“a forewarning”), form of praemonitiō, from Latin praemonitus, past participle of praemoneō, from prae (“before”) (English pre-) + moneō (“to warn”) (from which English monitor). Compare Germanic forewarning.

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