What is another word for premonitions?

Pronunciation: [pɹɪmənˈɪʃənz] (IPA)

Premonitions can be referred to as presentiment, foreboding or intuition. It is derived from the Latin term "praemonitio" which means forewarning or augury. A premonition usually indicates a sense of impending doom or presentiment of an unpleasant occurrence, serving as a warning to be cautious. Other synonyms for premonitions are hunch, feeling, foreknowledge, preconception, and prescience. A premonition is often related to the idea of extrasensory perception (ESP) or sixth sense as it is believed to be a kind of psychic ability, however, such a claim is still a subject of scientific scrutiny. The term is often used in literature and in everyday language to describe an inexplicable feeling of apprehension or anxiety.

What are the hypernyms for Premonitions?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Premonitions

No doubt, he told himself, the premonitions he had felt of late were also the products of his fancy.
"The Gray Phantom's Return"
Herman Landon
Nothing happened for the greater part of the next day, but Lilly was full of excited premonitions, like a child before its birthday.
"The Song of Songs"
Hermann Sudermann
In the kindergarten season various sensibilities are manifest that have not shown themselves in the nursery, and which are premonitions of the destined dominion over material nature, which at first so much dominates the child, and would destroy his body if you did not intervene with your loving care.
"Education in The Home, The Kindergarten, and The Primary School"
Elizabeth P. Peabody

Famous quotes with Premonitions

  • I'm aware of the mystery around us, so I write about coincidences, premonitions, emotions, dreams, the power of nature, magic.
    Isabel Allende
  • It seemed incredible to me that day without premonitions or symbols should be the one of my inexorable death.
    Jorge Luis Borges
  • The mind moves by instincts, associations and premonitions and not by fixed dates or completed processes. Action and reaction will occur simultaneously: or the cause actually be found after the effect.
    G. K. Chesterton

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