Prophetic
If it's PROPHETIC, then it turned out to be true or accurate, like the book Nineteen Eighty-Four.
After you live a number of years, you start to look back and think about what you saw, read, or heard, and realize that much of it was prophetic, but of course, much of it was also hooey.
The image depicted is of a famous vending machine (Zoltar) that would dispense wisdom for a small amount of money. It also appeared in the movie Big with Tom Hanks.
📚️ Definition of Prophetic
Prophetic (adjective): Accurately predicting or describing what will happen in the future, as if having special knowledge or foresight. Example: a prophetic warning about a coming storm.
🗣️ Pronunciation of Prophetic
IPA: /prəˈfɛt.ɪk/ (See IPA key)
Respelling: pruh-FET-ik
📰 Examples of Prophetic
Here are some examples of the word prophetic:
My grandmother’s prophetic advice to “always keep phone charged when you leave” proved incredibly useful when we got lost in the countryside.
George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty-Four contained descriptions of government surveillance that now seem uncannily prophetic in the digital age.
We’re in the midst of the holiday season here in the US. I wish all of you a very merry holiday season, with lots of new knowledge of words.