prophetic
adjective
pro·phet·ic
prə-ˈfe-tik 
variants
or less commonly prophetical
2
: foretelling events : predictive
Examples of prophetic in a Sentence
the prophetic books of the Old Testament
in retrospect, those lower-than-expected sales numbers were a prophetic indicator of the financial trouble the company would soon be in
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Orwell is often lauded as prophetic because his 1940s dystopian novels ring true with readers today.
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Rereading it now, I was chilled to find that as much as Orwell provides a prophetic guide to our times, so does Nafisi, who chronicles daily life as the Islamic revolution transforms Iran.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
That album title became prophetic as BINI continued to gain more wins year after year.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 28 Apr. 2026
Thankfully a native of the South Side of Chicago, who now resides in Vatican City, has shown us what a prophetic stance can look like.
—Peter Wehner, The Atlantic, 27 Apr. 2026
Rereading it now, I was chilled to find that as much as Orwell provides a prophetic guide to our times, so does Nafisi, who chronicles daily life as the Islamic revolution transforms Iran.
—Literary Hub, 21 Apr. 2026
That album title became prophetic as BINI continued to gain more wins year after year.
—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
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“Prophetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prophetic. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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prophetic
adjective
pro·phet·ic
prə-ˈfet-ik
variants
or prophetical
: of or relating to a prophet or prophecy
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