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单词 clairvoyance
释义

clairvoyance

noun

clair·​voy·​ance kler-ˈvȯi-ən(t)s How to pronounce clairvoyance (audio)
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
The fortune teller practices clairvoyance when she gazes into a crystal ball to see her client's future.

Synonyms

  • extrasensory perception
  • second sight
  • sixth sense
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Example Sentences

I don't believe in clairvoyance, but I can't explain how he knew those things about my grandmother. people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons
Recent Examples on the Web So the administration's clairvoyance and the handling of the war - resolute but controlled and measured, strengthened its reputation and the trust in US leadership. CBS News, 29 June 2022 As a teenager growing up in the Netherlands, Massaro’s parents became involved in the Silva Method, a self-help program that purports to build states of heightened awareness and teach students clairvoyance. Ej Dickson, Rolling Stone, 18 Apr. 2022 With all of this in mind, here are my predictions for technology in 2022 — not based on any clairvoyance, but on my understanding of technology, industry and society. Ravi Mayuram, Forbes, 27 Jan. 2022 For example, clairvoyance permits Raz to enter the minds of others and see himself from their perspective. Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2021 Reports of sixth-sense experiences, like clairvoyance, were the norm. Chantel Tattoli, Wired, 18 Feb. 2022 Glenn Dicterow, former concertmaster of the New York Philharmonic, emphasized a similar cocktail of diplomacy and clairvoyance. Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Feb. 2022 To do this, he must be struck by lightning and learn the art of clairvoyance from Don Cosme, an old callawaya who reads fortunes in town. Anna Marie De La Fuente, Variety, 21 Jan. 2022 While the book largely revolves around two protagonists, Indir and Saya, Huerta does an amazing job at building, piece by piece, a fantastical world filled with magic, clairvoyance and mythology. San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2021 See More

Word History

Etymology

see clairvoyant entry 1

First Known Use

1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Medical Definition

clairvoyance

noun

clair·​voy·​ance kla(ə)r-ˈvȯi-ən(t)s, kle(ə)r- How to pronounce clairvoyance (audio)
: the power or faculty of discerning objects or matters not present to the senses

called also cryptesthesia

clairvoyance

noun

as in telepathy
the power of seeing or knowing about things that are not present to the senses people who claim to have clairvoyance are sometimes asked to help locate missing persons

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • telepathy
  • sixth sense
  • foreknowledge
  • second sight
  • extrasensory perception
  • precognition
  • parapsychology
  • foresight
  • prescience
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