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Noun: divination  ,di-vu'ney-shun
  1. Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck
     
  2. A prediction uttered under divine inspiration
    - prophecy
     
  3. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretence of prophecy) by supernatural means
    - foretelling, soothsaying, fortune telling

Derived forms: divinations

Type of: conjecture, forecasting, foretelling, guess, hypothesis, prediction, prognostication, prophecy, speculation, supposition, surmisal, surmise, vaticination

Encyclopedia: Divination