forecognition

English

Etymology

From fore- +‎ cognition.

Noun

forecognition (countable and uncountable, plural forecognitions)

  1. (rare) Understanding or knowledge of something in advance; precognition.
    • 2013, Werner Loewenstein, Physics in Mind: A Quantum View of the Brain, page 134:
      The thermodynamic cost of forecognition is immense. Even in the case of modest forecognitions, we are dealing with negative entropies many orders of magnitude higher than in the case of the reflex actions of neuronal loops.
    • 2018, Charles T Ross, Unlocking Consciousness:
      Some people call these memories of the future. Lowenstein has suggested “forecognition”.
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