presentiment
pre·sen·ti·ment
noun
1.
- “a steadily escalating sense of foreboding”
- “the lawyer had a presentiment that the judge would dismiss the case”
Origin
From French pressentiment, from Middle French, equivalent to pre- + sentiment.
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