Postmonition

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An intimation of a past disaster. rare, uncountable, usually

    "In this way the annunciation is made to Murphy. After the dream he has a vague "postmonition of calamity" and the groundwork is laid for his final excursion into chaos"

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"In this way the annunciation is made to Murphy. After the dream he has a vague "postmonition of calamity" and the groundwork is laid for his final excursion into chaos"

Etymology

By analogy with premonition.

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