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presentiment

Presentiment (noun) means a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.

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A premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.
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Etymology

From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment.

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"presentiment" (noun) means a premonition; a feeling that something, often of undesirable nature, is going to happen.

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