Associations to the word «Divination»

Wiktionary

DIVINATION, noun. (uncountable) The act of divining; a foreseeing or foretelling of future events.
DIVINATION, noun. The apparent art of discovering secrets or the future by preternatural means.
DIVINATION, noun. (countable) An indication of what is future or secret; augury omen; conjectural presage; prediction.

Dictionary definition

DIVINATION, noun. Successful conjecture by unusual insight or good luck.
DIVINATION, noun. A prediction uttered under divine inspiration.
DIVINATION, noun. The art or gift of prophecy (or the pretense of prophecy) by supernatural means.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky