# vaticinium ex eventu

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A fictional prophecy that has been written after the supposedly predicted event but is presented as a genuine prediction before the event; a postdiction.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Latin vāticinium ex ēventū.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/vaticinium-ex-eventu