See postdiction on Wiktionary
{ "antonyms": [ { "word": "prediction" } ], "etymology_text": "In imitation of prediction, with the prefix pre- replaced by its antonym post-.", "forms": [ { "form": "postdictions", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "postdiction (countable and uncountable, plural postdictions)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "senses": [ { "categories": [ { "kind": "other", "name": "English entries with incorrect language header", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English terms prefixed with post-", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with 1 entry", "parents": [], "source": "w" }, { "kind": "other", "name": "Pages with entries", "parents": [], "source": "w" } ], "glosses": [ "The construction of past conditions by relying on the present" ], "id": "en-postdiction-en-noun-MdlBomfM", "links": [ [ "past", "past" ], [ "present", "present" ] ], "related": [ { "word": "postdict" }, { "word": "postdictive" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "retrodiction" } ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɪkʃən" } ], "word": "postdiction" }
{ "antonyms": [ { "word": "prediction" } ], "etymology_text": "In imitation of prediction, with the prefix pre- replaced by its antonym post-.", "forms": [ { "form": "postdictions", "tags": [ "plural" ] } ], "head_templates": [ { "args": { "1": "~" }, "expansion": "postdiction (countable and uncountable, plural postdictions)", "name": "en-noun" } ], "lang": "English", "lang_code": "en", "pos": "noun", "related": [ { "word": "postdict" }, { "word": "postdictive" } ], "senses": [ { "categories": [ "English countable nouns", "English entries with incorrect language header", "English lemmas", "English nouns", "English terms prefixed with post-", "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys", "English uncountable nouns", "Pages with 1 entry", "Pages with entries", "Rhymes:English/ɪkʃən", "Rhymes:English/ɪkʃən/3 syllables" ], "glosses": [ "The construction of past conditions by relying on the present" ], "links": [ [ "past", "past" ], [ "present", "present" ] ], "tags": [ "countable", "uncountable" ] } ], "sounds": [ { "ipa": "/ˌpəʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/", "tags": [ "Received-Pronunciation" ] }, { "ipa": "/ˌpoʊs(t)ˈdɪk.ʃən/", "tags": [ "General-American" ] }, { "rhymes": "-ɪkʃən" } ], "synonyms": [ { "word": "retrodiction" } ], "word": "postdiction" }
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