vaticinium ex eventu

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinium ex ēventū.

Noun

vaticinium 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.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vāticinium ex ēventū.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Latinate) /vaː.tiˈki.ni.um ɛks eːˈvɛn.tu/

Noun

vaticinium ex eventu n (plural vaticinia ex eventu)

  1. a vaticinium ex eventu
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.