clairvoyance
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French clairvoyance.
Pronunciation
edit- (General American) IPA(key): /klɛɹˈvɔɪəns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /klɛəˈvɔɪəns/
Audio (Canada): (file)
Noun
editclairvoyance (usually uncountable, plural clairvoyances)
- (parapsychology) The power to see or perceive things objects or events beyond the natural range of the senses, such as the past or the future.
- Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness; sagacity.
Hyponyms
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editthe power to perceive objects that are not accessible to the senses
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See also
editAnagrams
editFrench
editPronunciation
editNoun
editclairvoyance f (plural clairvoyances)
Further reading
edit- “clairvoyance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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