The ability or act of seeing or foreseeing something before it happens; prophetic sight or clairvoyant vision.
From 'fore-' (before) + 'vision' (sight, the ability to see). Developed in Middle English philosophical and mystical texts blending temporal prefix with perception, related to 'prevision'.
Medieval mystics and philosophers used 'forevision' to describe prophetic dreams and premonitions—the word itself suggests that certain people could literally see future events before they occurred, blending theology with the psychology of intuition.
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