Their prophecies only hold as long as somebody or something remembers them, so seers have a counterpart, people who hunt down prophecies and if necessary, kill them: metaphets, prophecy-assassins
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meta- literally means after- so it's also admissible, especially considering the etymology
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the 'beyond' meaning is, afaik, more recent, or do you have sources to the contrary?
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that's still too recent :P
if prophet is an ancient greek coinage, I'm going to make its opposite an ancient greek coinage as well
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counter-teller would also work but if you insist, I can make up a full etymology why they're called "after-tellers"