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.

OriginLatin vāticinium ex ēventū →
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Meanings

nounvaticinium ex eventu (plural vaticinia 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.

Origin

  1. Latinvāticinium ex ēventū
  2. Englishvaticinium ex eventu

Borrowed from Latin vāticinium ex ēventū.

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