pronoia
Divine providence, foreknowledge, foresightDivine providence, foreknowledge, foresight.
Meaning
3 senses(countable, uncountable)Divine providence, foreknowledge, foresight.
(countable, historical, uncountable)An imperial grant to an individual of temporary fiscal rights in the form of land, incomes or taxes from land, fishing rights, etc., sometimes carrying with it an obligation of military service.
Pronoia
про́нияprónija
(uncountable)A belief (sometimes regarded as irrational) that people conspire to do one good.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Ancient Greek πρόνοιᾰ (prónoiă, “foreknowledge, foresight; providence; formBorrowed from Ancient Greek πρόνοιᾰ (prónoiă, “foreknowledge, foresight; providence; form of land grant”), from πρόνοος (prónoos, “careful, prudent”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, suffix forming nouns). πρόνοος is derived from προ- (pro-, prefix indicating a coming forth) + νόος (nóos, “the mind; act of the mind”). The English word is cognate with Latin pronoea (“providence”).
From pro- + (para)noia, coined by American sociologist Fred H. Goldner in a paper presented at the annual meeting of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in August 1981. A version of this paper, entitled “Pronoia”, was published in the journal Social Problems in October 1982: see the quotation.
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Forms
plural: pronoiae / pronoiai / pronoiasAntonyms
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