postdiction
UK/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/US/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/
postdiction noun: the construction of past conditions by relying on the present.
Noun
postdiction (countable and uncountable, plural postdictions)
- The construction of past conditions by relying on the present
- Synonyms:
- retrodiction
Synonyms of postdiction
Antonyms
Forms of postdiction
| plural | postdictions |
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Origin of postdiction
In imitation of prediction, with the prefix pre- replaced by its antonym post-.
Words that rhyme with postdiction
- friction
- astriction
- jurisdiction
- addiction
- benediction
- contradiction
- conviction
- depiction
- valediction
- constriction
- dereliction
- fan fiction
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- fiction
- indiction
- restriction
- affliction
- diction
- emiction
- eviction
- faan fiction
- infriction
- malediction
- prediction
- science fiction
- striction
- abstriction
- affixion
- condiction
- confliction
- effiction
- infixion
- miction
- pilimiction
- preconstriction
- prefixion
- reliction
- renoviction
- retrodiction
- scientifiction
- stiction
- suffixion
- transfixion
Questions about postdiction
- What does postdiction mean?
- Postdiction means the construction of past conditions by relying on the present.
- What part of speech is postdiction?
- Postdiction is a noun.
- How do you pronounce postdiction?
- Postdiction is pronounced /ˌpəʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of postdiction?
- The plural of postdiction is postdictions.
Words near postdiction in the dictionary
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