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   prognostication

   /prɒɡˌnɒstɪˈkeɪʃn/

   noun

   • 1. the action of prophesying future events: "an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication"
   • ▪ a prophecy: "these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded"

   Word Origin late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion, from medieval Latin prognosticatio(n-), from the verb prognosticare (see prognosticate).

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