prescient
/ˈpɹiːʃɪənt/adjective
Exhibiting or possessing prescience: having knowledge of, or seemingly able to correctly predict, events before they take place.
Example sentence
- “The film was alarmingly prescient about political polarization.”
Featured as word of the day on July 18, 2028.
Related words
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