prophetic

[pruh-fet-ik] /prəˈfɛt ɪk/

adjective

of or pertaining to a prophet:

prophetic inspiration.

of the nature of or containing prophecy:

prophetic writings.

having the function or powers of a prophet, as a person.

predictive; presageful or portentous; ominous:

prophetic signs; prophetic warnings.

Also, prophetical.

Origin

1585-95; < Late Latin prophēticus < Greek prophētikós. See prophet, -ic

Related forms

propheticality, propheticalness, noun

prophetically, adverb

hyperprophetic, adjective

hyperprophetical, adjective

hyperprophetically, adverb

nonprophetic, adjective

nonprophetical, adjective

nonprophetically, adverb

postprophetic, adjective

postprophetical, adjective

preprophetic, adjective

pseudoprophetic, adjective

pseudoprophetical, adjective

quasi-prophetic, adjective

quasi-prophetical, adjective

quasi-prophetically, adverb

unprophetic, adjective

unprophetical, adjective

unprophetically, adverb

Examples from the web for prophetic

Success requires that the provost operate more as a pragmatic manager than a prophetic visionary.
Nevertheless, he was a prophetic figure for later generations of painters.
Surely, a prophetic work within and without science.
So there is some creative reworking of some vague language, but nothing specific and nothing prophetic.
After all, they freely take a figurative approach to poetic and prophetic and apocalyptic texts.
If you get a chance and need a break from real science this is a fun book and prophetic in many ways.
For them prophecy is an everyday reality, and many independent denominations trace their foundation to direct prophetic authority.
But years from now his will seem the more prophetic statement.
It's a prophetic and frighteningly original piece of music.
The business manager's plea was symptomatic and prophetic.

British Dictionary definitions for prophetic

prophetic

/prəˈfɛtɪk/

adjective

of or relating to a prophet or prophecy

containing or of the nature of a prophecy; predictive

Derived Forms

prophetically, adverb

Word Origin and History for prophetic

adj.

late 15c., from Middle French prophétique (15c.) and directly from Late Latin propheticus, from Greek prophetikos "pertaining to a prophet, oracular," from prophetes (see prophet). Related: Prophetical (mid-15c.); prophetically.