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
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.
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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
Call it, then, love at second sight.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
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
Call it, then, love at second sight.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for second sight
Noun
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Trump has a sixth sense for power There’s a push and a pull to power.—
Jonathan J. Cooper,
Twin Cities,
6 Sep. 2025
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However, the High Priestess shows February being full of rest and healing, urging you to slow down and listen to your intuition… because your sixth sense is strong for a reason.—
Meghan Rose,
Glamour,
1 Sep. 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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The information comes to me from my spirit guides in three different ways: clairvoyance, clairaudience and clairsentience.—
Lizz Schumer,
People.com,
28 Aug. 2025
Cite this Entry
“Second sight.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/second%20sight. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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