English Explanatory Dictionary

vaticinium ex eventu

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

vaticinium ex eventu vaticinia ex eventu

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinium ex ēventū.

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