prophetlike

English

Etymology

From prophet +‎ -like.

Adjective

prophetlike (comparative more prophetlike, superlative most prophetlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of a prophet.
   • 2009 April 21, Choe Sang-Hun, “South Korea Frees Blogger Who Angered Government”, in New York Times‎:

     Mr. Park, an unemployed 31-year-old who wrote about economic matters, gained an almost prophetlike status among many South Koreans after he correctly predicted the collapse of Lehman Brothers, the crash of the South Korean currency and the effects of the American subprime mortgage crisis on South Korea.

Derived terms

• unprophetlike