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clair⋅voy⋅ance

[klair-voi-uhns]
–noun
1. the supernatural power of seeing objects or actions removed in space or time from natural viewing.
2. quick, intuitive knowledge of things and people; sagacity.

Origin:
1840–50; < F, equiv. to clairvoy(ant) clairvoyant + -ance -ance


2. intuition, penetration, discernment, vision.
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clair·voy·ance   (klâr-voi'əns)   
n.  
  1. The supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.

  2. Acute intuitive insight or perceptiveness.

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Main Entry: clair·voy·ance
Pronunciation: kla(&)r-'voi-&n(t)s, kle(&)r-
Function: noun
: the power or faculty of discerning objectsor matters not present to the senses called also cryptesthesia
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clairvoyance clair·voy·ance (klâr-voi'əns)
n.
The perception of objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.

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clairvoyance

knowledge of information not necessarily known to any other person, not obtained by ordinary channels of perceiving or reasoning-thus a form of extrasensory perception (ESP). Spiritualists also use the term to mean seeing or hearing (clairaudience) the spirits of the dead that are said to surround the living. Research in parapsychology-such as testing a subject's ability to predict the order of cards in a shuffled deck-has yet to provide conclusive support for the existence of clairvoyance.

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