Foreknowledge

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Foreknowledge is the concept of knowledge regarding future events.

Types of foreknowledge include:

  • Knowledge of predestination
  • Prediction - Informed or uninformed guesses regarding future events
  • Prognostication - Typically informed predictions about future events in a confined context
  • Prophecy - Religious concept of divine knowledge, often with a consideration of future trends or events, and to some degree regarding events of an imminent, or divinely planned nature.

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