clairvoyance

clair·voy·ance

noun \kler-ˈvȯi-ən(t)s\

Definition of CLAIRVOYANCE

1

: the power or faculty of discerning objects not present to the senses

2

: ability to perceive matters beyond the range of ordinary perception : penetration

Examples of CLAIRVOYANCE

1. I don't believe in clairvoyance, but I can't explain how he knew those things about my grandmother.
2. <people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons>

First Known Use of CLAIRVOYANCE

1838

Related to CLAIRVOYANCE

Synonyms: extrasensory perception, second sight, sixth sense

Related Words: foreknowledge, foresight, prescience; precognition; telepathy; parapsychology

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Other Occult Terms

augury, censor, invocation, lucidity, metempsychosis, mojo, numinous, preternatural, weird, wraith