clairvoyance
[klair-voi-uhns]
noun
the supernatural power of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing.
quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people; sagacity.
Origin of clairvoyance
Synonyms for clairvoyance
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Related Words for clairvoyance
perception, omen, precognition, insight, discernment, psyche, acumen, foreknowledge, penetration, telepathy, premonition, feeling, ESPExamples from the Web for clairvoyance
Historical Examples of clairvoyance
By a sort of clairvoyance, Roma could see the Baron in the midst of the scenes he had prearranged.
The Eternal CityHall Caine
But these belong to the subject of apparitions rather than to that of clairvoyance.
ClairvoyanceCharles Webster Leadbeater
At the first glance he divined my interior trouble, and I hated him for his clairvoyance.
ClarimondeThophile Gautier
He had recourse to every superstition of sortilege, clairvoyance, presentiment, and dreams.
LostEdward Bellamy
Now, may it not be that this supplies a suggestion as to the cause of the phenomenon of clairvoyance?
Real Ghost StoriesWilliam T. Stead
clairvoyance
noun
Word Origin for clairvoyance
C19: from French: clear-seeing, from clair clear, from Latin clārus + voyance, from voir to see, from Latin vidēre
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clairvoyance
[klâr-voi′əns]
n.
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