Foreknowableness

/ˌfɔːrˈnoʊəbəlnəs/ noun

Definition

The quality or state of being knowable beforehand; the capacity to be known in advance.

Etymology

From foreknowable + -ness suffix (from Old English -nes). An abstract noun expressing the quality of being capable of advance knowledge.

Kelly Says

This is one of those five-syllable abstract nouns that appears in dense philosophical texts—it's the noun form philosophers used when debating divine omniscience and predestination.

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