prognostication

名词 prognostication:

1. a sign of something about to happen
   同义词：omen, portent, presage, prognostic, prodigy
2. a statement made about the future
   同义词：prediction, foretelling, forecasting
3. knowledge of the future (usually said to be obtained from a divine source)
   同义词：prophecy, vaticination

1. His gloomy prognostications proved to be false.
   他那悲观的预测已证明是错误的。