clairvoyance
the supernatural power of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing.: Compare clairaudience, clairsentience.
quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people; sagacity.
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Using her clairvoyance to develop a casual pickup line is just one of her freaky metaphysical powers.
Turnstile, Tinashe, Fay Victor, 42 Dugg — the fall concert season is here | Chris Richards | September 10, 2021 | Washington PostThe Queen was so impressed that she had a watch inscribed to Miss Eagle for ‘meritorious and extraordinary clairvoyance.’
How Queen Victoria's Affection For John Brown Sprang From His Contact With Dead Albert's Shade | Tom Sykes | June 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTIt combined the rambling, torturous pace of J. Edgar, the oddball clairvoyance of Hereafter, and … that line from Dirty Harry.
Clint Eastwood’s RNC Speech: Ben Affleck and Other Hollywood Insiders React | Marlow Stern | September 1, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe limit to this we do not know, but it is not unlikely that clairvoyance or second sight is based upon it.
The Myths of the New World | Daniel G. BrintonAnother curious instance of clairvoyance came to the knowledge of the writer in the same village.
The Cradle of Mankind | W.A. Wigram
That which goes by the names of clairvoyance and spiritualism is based solely upon an unreasoning credulity.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanAfter a time clairvoyance was replaced by spiritualism, and I was again challenged to test the virtue of mediums.
Ancient Faiths And Modern | Thomas InmanAs a test of Sibyl's clairvoyance, this was not very satisfactory.
Mystic London: | Charles Maurice Davies
British Dictionary definitions for clairvoyance
/ (klɛəˈvɔɪəns) /
the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses: See also extrasensory perception
keen intuitive understanding
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