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fortune-telling

Noun

∙ The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.

BABYLON ENGLISH
fortune telling
foretelling the future, predicting the future

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fortune telling
fortune telling
n : prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, soothsaying]

WORDNET 2.0
fortune telling
Noun
1. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
(synonym) divination, foretelling, soothsaying
(hypernym) prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
(hyponym) dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fortune-telling
Fortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune-telling implies a less serious or formal setting, even one of popular culture, where belief in occult workings behind the prediction is less prominent than the concept of suggestion, spiritual or practical advisory or affirmation.
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WIKTIONARY - Yabla

fortune-telling

Noun

∙ The act or practise of predicting the future (especially for money), as by using a crystal ball, reading palms, reading tea leaves in a cup, etc.; prediction of future events, especially those of a personal nature.

BABYLON ENGLISH
fortune telling
foretelling the future, predicting the future

HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
fortune telling
fortune telling
n : prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means [syn: divination, foretelling, soothsaying]

WORDNET 2.0
fortune telling
Noun
1. the art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means
(synonym) divination, foretelling, soothsaying
(hypernym) prophecy, prognostication, vaticination
(hyponym) dowse, dowsing, rhabdomancy

ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Fortune-telling
Fortune-telling is the practice of predicting information about a person's life. The scope of fortune-telling is in principle identical with the practice of divination. The difference is that divination is the term used for predictions considered part of a religious ritual, invoking deities or spirits, while the term fortune-telling implies a less serious or formal setting, even one of popular culture, where belief in occult workings behind the prediction is less prominent than the concept of suggestion, spiritual or practical advisory or affirmation.
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