SORTILEGE Synonyms: 57 Similar and Opposite Words

sortilege

noun

Definition of sortilege

as in divination

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science

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Noun

Oracles, prophets and practices of divination offered guidance from inscrutable or enigmatic sources when ordinary human judgment reached its limits.

— Ambuj Tewari, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2026
Kylie’s divinations lead her to a small English town called Thornfield.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of divination

Noun

Practice divining with an obsidian mirror.

— Sandra Cisneros, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
Astronauts could, in principle, descend into the treacherously dark and cold craters to look for themselves, but most of this water divining will be conducting by robots.

— Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2026

Definition of divining

Noun

While psychic readers have storefronts in other parts of the city, this change applies to the Community Business and Boulevard Business zoning districts, which previously did not permit soothsaying.

— Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 4 Sep. 2026
That is to say, it was preceded by soothsayings of unparalleled gloom, which faded at the first kick of a ball.

— Anthony Lane, New Yorker, 17 July 2026

Definition of soothsaying

Noun

The latest project will test whether the forecasting gains seen during the initial trial can be maintained as the technology moves from a limited dataset to hundreds of real-world household energy systems.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 2 Oct. 2026
When the event is death or violence, forecasting is readily perceived as not only monetizing harm but possibly even incentivizing it.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of forecasting

Noun

But the most promising augury for season two is that Widow’s Bay is old-school monster-of-the-week episodic television.

— Kathryn VanArendonk, Vulture, 17 June 2026
The rule of thumb is that if a party sees a mass exodus of its members in Congress, that’s a bad augury.

— Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 5 Sep. 2025

Definition of augury

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