prognostication
/prɒgˌnɒstɪˈkeɪʃən/noun
mass noun
1- the action of foretelling or prophesying future events预言, 预示：
an unprecedented amount of soul-searching and prognostication.
空前之多的内省和预言。
1.1
- count noun a prophecy预言, 预测：
these gloomy prognostications proved to be unfounded.
这些悲观的预测被证明是无稽之谈。
词源
late Middle English: from Old French prognosticacion,from medieval Latin prognosticatio（n-），from the verb prognosticare （see PROGNOSTICATE）.