God's certain prescience of the volitions of moral agents
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Prescience
//ˈpɹɛsɪ.əns//
Synonyms for "prescience" (19 found)
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Noun(2 words)
Strong matches (6)
Related words (9)
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16 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- далновидност noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
- предвиждане noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 先見之明 /先见之明 noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Czech
1 entries- jasnozřivost noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Danish
1 entries- klarsyn noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Finnish
1 entries- etukäteistieto noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
French
1 entries- prescience noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Galician
1 entries- presciencia noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Italian
1 entries- preveggenza noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Māori
1 entries- matakite noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Norwegian
2 entries- framsyn noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
- klarsyn noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Portuguese
1 entries- presciência noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Russian
1 entries- предви́дение noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Spanish
1 entries- presciencia noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Welsh
1 entries- rhagwybodaeth noun (Knowledge of events before they take place; foresight; foreknowledge)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
O thou, who thus the eye hast veil'd, The book of fate so slowly given, I thank thee, that thou hast conceal'd From man the prescience of heaven.
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Near-synonym: forethought
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With prescience, the Barlows designed them to withstand a third more weight than they would be expected to bear in normal conditions - future proofing the bridge for the weight of trains we see using it today.
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