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forecognition

forecognition noun: understanding or knowledge of something in advance; precognition.

Noun

forecognition (countable and uncountable, plural forecognitions)

  1. (rare) Understanding or knowledge of something in advance; precognition.
    • The thermodynamic cost of forecognition is immense. Even in the case of modest forecognitions, we are dealing with negative entropies many orders of magnitude higher than in the case of the reflex actions of neuronal loops.2013, Werner Loewenstein, Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain, page 134
    • Some people call these memories of the future. Lowenstein has suggested “forecognition”.2018, Charles T Ross, Unlocking Consciousness

Forms of forecognition

pluralforecognitions

Origin of forecognition

From fore- + cognition.

Questions about forecognition

What does forecognition mean?
Forecognition means understanding or knowledge of something in advance; precognition.
What part of speech is forecognition?
Forecognition is a noun.
What is the plural of forecognition?
The plural of forecognition is forecognitions.

Words near forecognition in the dictionary

  1. foreclosures
  2. forecloth
  3. forecloths
  4. foreclusion
  5. foreclusions
  6. forecognition
  7. forecognitions
  8. forecolor
  9. forecolors
  10. forecolour
  11. forecolours

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