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postmonition

postmonition noun: an intimation of a past disaster.

Noun

postmonition (usually uncountable, plural postmonitions)

  1. (rare, usually) An intimation of a past disaster.
    • In this way the annunciation is made to Murphy. After the dream he has a vague "postmonition of calamity" and the groundwork is laid for his final excursion into chaos1968, Robert Ligon Harrison, Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a Critical Excursion, Issue 15, page 88
    • I have an idea this is not really a premonition but a postmonition, the recovery of a memory.2017, Richard Bailey, Rick Bailey, American English, Italian Chocolate, Small Subjects of Great Importance

Forms of postmonition

pluralpostmonitions

Origin of postmonition

By analogy with premonition.

Questions about postmonition

What does postmonition mean?
Postmonition means an intimation of a past disaster.
What part of speech is postmonition?
Postmonition is a noun.
What is the plural of postmonition?
The plural of postmonition is postmonitions.

Words near postmonition in the dictionary

  1. postmodifying
  2. postmolar
  3. postmolt
  4. postmonarchic
  5. postmoney
  6. postmonition
  7. postmonitions
  8. postmonsoon
  9. postmoral
  10. postmoratorium
  11. postmorbid

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