postmonition en · NOUN
Etymology
By analogy with premonition.
Meanings
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(rare, uncountable, usually) An intimation of a past disaster.
In this way the annunciation is made to Murphy. After the dream he has a vague "postmonition of calamity" and the groundwork is laid for his final excursion into chaos
1968, Robert Ligon Harrison, Samuel Beckett's Murphy; a Critical Excursion, Issue 15, page 88:It is seen afterward to have happened or not to have happened. Not premonition, but rather postmonition.
2018, Ronald Green, Time To Tell, A Look At How We Tick:I have an idea this is not really a premonition but a postmonition, the recovery of a memory.
2017, Richard Bailey, Rick Bailey, American English, Italian Chocolate, Small Subjects of Great Importance:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
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| postmonitions | Number=Plur | lexicographic |