Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A supposed supernormal faculty, the possessors of which are able to describe past events, actions, etc., without having recourse to any of the ordinary means of information.
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- noun parapsychology
extrasensory knowledge of past events.
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Examples
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Retra (Name may change): A Genki Girl whose powers relate to psychometry and retrocognition – essentially, she can see the past of objects.
Superhero Nation: how to write superhero novels and comic books » Wings’ Second Review Forum 2009
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With the help of a woman gifted with the power of retrocognition—the ability to see past events through objects once owned by the deceased—the defense theory of dark biology takes form.
Archive 2008-04-01 2008
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The second problem is traditionally met by replacing memory with a new concept, “retrocognition” or “quasi-memory”, which is just like memory but without the identity requirement: even if it is self-contradictory to say that I remember doing something I didn't do,
Personal Identity Olson, Eric T. 2008
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With the help of a woman gifted with the power of retrocognition—the ability to see past events through objects once owned by the deceased—the defense theory of dark biology takes form.
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No plausible brain story could account for this strange memory adventure, a story that suggests the possibility of retrocognition, clairvoyant or telepathic awareness of past events.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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The argument from retrocognition and the argument that the medium operates independently of task complexity combine to suggest that we possess almost unlimited psychic powers.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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No plausible brain story could account for this strange memory adventure, a story that suggests the possibility of retrocognition, clairvoyant or telepathic awareness of past events.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Whether neural-misfiring, retrocognition, or something else, no one knows for sure how to explain this common experience.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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The argument from retrocognition and the argument that the medium operates independently of task complexity combine to suggest that we possess almost unlimited psychic powers.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
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Whether neural-misfiring, retrocognition, or something else, no one knows for sure how to explain this common experience.
Experiencing the Next World Now Michael Grosso 2004
whichbe commented on the word retrocognition
The ability to look into the past. Information is transferred from an event or object in the past to a person in the present with retrocognitive abilities. This would be useful for understanding why at person or event has been shaped to be as it is.
May 13, 2008