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Grammar : Noun
Spell : klair-voi-uhns
Phonetic Transcription : klɛərˈvɔɪ əns



Definition of clairvoyance

Origin :
  • "paranormal gift of seeing things out of sight," 1837, from special use of French clairvoyance (Old French clerveans, 13c.) "quickness of understanding, sagacity, penetration," from clairvoyant (see clairvoyant). A secondary sense in French is the main sense in English.
  • noun intuition
Example sentences :
  • By a sort of clairvoyance, Roma could see the Baron in the midst of the scenes he had prearranged.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • But these belong to the subject of apparitions rather than to that of clairvoyance.
  • Extract from : « Clairvoyance » by Charles Webster Leadbeater
  • At the first glance he divined my interior trouble, and I hated him for his clairvoyance.
  • Extract from : « Clarimonde » by Thophile Gautier
  • He had recourse to every superstition of sortilege, clairvoyance, presentiment, and dreams.
  • Extract from : « Lost » by Edward Bellamy
  • Now, may it not be that this supplies a suggestion as to the cause of the phenomenon of clairvoyance?
  • Extract from : « Real Ghost Stories » by William T. Stead
  • However, he avers that the story of clairvoyance was current in the spring of 1429.
  • Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang
  • Clairvoyance, indeed, is a faculty which has no direct moral relations.
  • Extract from : « Second Sight » by Sepharial
  • A clairvoyance, deeper than knowledge, came to Virginia while she looked at her.
  • Extract from : « Virginia » by Ellen Glasgow
  • She then experimented to some extent with mesmerism and clairvoyance.
  • Extract from : « Three Thousand Years of Mental Healing » by George Barton Cutten
  • Why should not the waking soul have also its moments of clairvoyance?
  • Extract from : « The War Trail » by Mayne Reid

Synonyms for clairvoyance

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