'Clairvoyance' definitions:
Definition of 'clairvoyance'
(from WordNet)
noun
Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses [syn: clairvoyance, second sight, extrasensory perception, E.S.P., ESP]
Definition of 'Clairvoyance'
From: GCIDE
- Clairvoyance \Clair*voy"ance\, n. [F.] A power, attributed to some persons while in a mesmeric state, of discerning objects not perceptible by the senses in their normal condition. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'clairvoyance'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- a priori knowledge,
- anticipation,
- apprehension,
- astrology,
- augury,
- buddhi,
- clairsentience,
- command,
- comprehension,
- conception,
- conceptualization,
- crystal ball,
- crystal gazing,
- direct apprehension,
- divination,
- divining,
- ESP,
- extrasensory perception,
- foreboding,
- foreknowing,
- foreknowledge,
- foreseeability,
- foresight,
- forewisdom,
- fortunetelling,
- grasp,
- grip,
- haruspication,
- haruspicy,
- horoscopy,
- ideation,
- immediate cognition,
- insight,
- inspiration,
- intellection,
- intelligence,
- intuition,
- intuitionism,
- intuitive reason,
- intuitiveness,
- intuitivism,
- knowledge without thought,
- lucidity,
- mantic,
- mantology,
- mastery,
- mental grasp,
- palm-reading,
- palmistry,
- precognition,
- prehension,
- premonition,
- presage,
- prescience,
- presentiment,
- psychometry,
- pythonism,
- satori,
- savvy,
- second sight,
- second-sightedness,
- sixth sense,
- sorcery,
- subconscious knowledge,
- subconscious perception,
- understanding,
- unmediated perception,
- wisdom