Meaning & use

prophetic

adjective·Advanced

Accurately predicting or foreshadowing future events, as if by supernatural insight.

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Her warning about the market crash turned out to be eerily prophetic.

The novel's prophetic vision of surveillance technology feels relevant today.

A note on using this word

Prophetic often describes a statement recognized as accurate only after the predicted event actually occurs.

Words with a similar meaning

predictivevisionary

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