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vaticinium ex eventu

vaticinium ex eventu noun: a fictional prophecy that has been written after the supposedly predicted event but is presented as a genuine prediction before the event; a postdiction.

Noun

vaticinium ex eventu (plural vaticinia ex eventu)

  1. A fictional prophecy that has been written after the supposedly predicted event but is presented as a genuine prediction before the event; a postdiction.

Forms of vaticinium ex eventu

pluralvaticinia ex eventu

Origin of vaticinium ex eventu

Borrowed from Latin vāticinium ex ēventū.

Questions about vaticinium ex eventu

What does vaticinium ex eventu mean?
Vaticinium ex eventu means a fictional prophecy that has been written after the supposedly predicted event but is presented as a genuine prediction before the event; a postdiction.
What part of speech is vaticinium ex eventu?
Vaticinium ex eventu is a noun.
What is the plural of vaticinium ex eventu?
The plural of vaticinium ex eventu is vaticinia ex eventu.

Words near vaticinium ex eventu in the dictionary

  1. vaticinators
  2. vaticinatory
  3. vaticinatrix
  4. vaticine
  5. vaticines
  6. vaticinium ex eventu
  7. Vatileaks
  8. Vatinian
  9. vatiquinone
  10. Vatira
  11. Vatira asteroid

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