as in sixth sense
the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses
the fairy world was believed to be visible to people blessed with second sight
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Recent Examples of second sight
So, is there any truth to the legend that Halloween babies have second sight?
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Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
With the bullish determination of Ed and the wide-eyed second sight of Lorraine, the Warrens’ only child sells a clear vision of right and wrong when news of the Smurls’ predicament comes their way.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
In episode 6, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) goes to visit the grave of the pop icon’s Rosaline, who is a deceased Nevermore professor known for her second sight, after losing her powers in part one.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The Cowardly Lion is a member of a half-human, half-animal race enslaved by Azkadellia for their powers of second sight.
—Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Only one gifted with second sight could have foreseen the sequel-a world depression…
Harold van B. Cleveland and W. H. Bruce Brittain
EssayJuly 1969
The Common Market after De Gaulle
Trouble is no stranger in Brussels.
—Harold Van B. Cleveland, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2023
His great theme is the limits of vision, and the way that these limits, when imaginatively confronted, can serve as the basis for a kind of second sight.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Kara Nesvig, Parents, 23 Oct. 2025
With the bullish determination of Ed and the wide-eyed second sight of Lorraine, the Warrens’ only child sells a clear vision of right and wrong when news of the Smurls’ predicament comes their way.
—Alison Foreman, IndieWire, 7 Sep. 2025
In episode 6, Wednesday (Jenna Ortega) goes to visit the grave of the pop icon’s Rosaline, who is a deceased Nevermore professor known for her second sight, after losing her powers in part one.
—Liza Esquibias, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2025
The Cowardly Lion is a member of a half-human, half-animal race enslaved by Azkadellia for their powers of second sight.
—Emma Stefansky, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2024
Only one gifted with second sight could have foreseen the sequel-a world depression…
Harold van B. Cleveland and W. H. Bruce Brittain
EssayJuly 1969
The Common Market after De Gaulle
Trouble is no stranger in Brussels.
—Harold Van B. Cleveland, Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2023
His great theme is the limits of vision, and the way that these limits, when imaginatively confronted, can serve as the basis for a kind of second sight.
—Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 9 Oct. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for second sight
Noun
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Since his mom Joyce (Winona Ryder) and Hawkins Police Chief Jim Hopper (David Harbour) found him in the Hawkins Library at the end of Season 1, he’s continued to have a sixth sense for everything relating to the alternate dimension.—
Katie Campione,
Deadline,
26 Nov. 2025
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Rosalía can have a sincere desire to know the world via the arts and a sixth sense for what sets people off.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
7 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Our resident new-age cop believes in astrology, clairvoyance, and the spirit world, much to Nolan’s chagrin.—
Tanya Melendez,
Entertainment Weekly,
6 Jan. 2026
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This allows both characters to see ghosts, communicate telepathically, and demonstrate clairvoyance.—
Megan McCluskey,
Time,
31 Oct. 2025
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“Second sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20sight. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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