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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