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
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.
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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
Barker contacted Peter Fairley, a journalist and science editor at the Evening Standard, with his hunch that some people may have foreseen the disaster through a kind of second sight.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
Call it, then, love at second sight.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Young Juliana Clare is 17, exceptionally pretty and, like Jan, susceptible to moments of hallucinatory second sight.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2020
It’s also Gretel, who is revealed to possess a sort of second sight, who Holda sees potential in once the siblings find their way to her home (which is made of more traditional materials than gingerbread this time around).
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Jan. 2020
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
Barker contacted Peter Fairley, a journalist and science editor at the Evening Standard, with his hunch that some people may have foreseen the disaster through a kind of second sight.
—Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 25 Aug. 2022
Call it, then, love at second sight.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Young Juliana Clare is 17, exceptionally pretty and, like Jan, susceptible to moments of hallucinatory second sight.
—Michael Dirda, Washington Post, 12 Feb. 2020
It’s also Gretel, who is revealed to possess a sort of second sight, who Holda sees potential in once the siblings find their way to her home (which is made of more traditional materials than gingerbread this time around).
—Megan McCluskey, Time, 31 Jan. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for second sight
Noun
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Many of the investigators who left had honed their skills over years of field visits and inspections, developing a sixth sense for possible violations.—
ProPublica,
ProPublica,
21 Aug. 2025
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Duke University researchers have uncovered a sixth sense: the neurobiotic sense.—
Pranjal Malewar,
New Atlas,
3 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The other is later on in the movie as Judy, who shows signs of clairvoyance and a connection to the supernatural like her mom, becomes possessed by the entity haunting the Smurls.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Investors expect perpetual outperformance, teams expect infallible guidance, regulators expect clairvoyance, and the media expect quotable eloquence.—
Pankaj Vasani,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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“Second sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20sight. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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