MEANING
A claimed ability to perceive distant, hidden, or future events without ordinary sensory information.
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Words that belong together
- claim clairvoyance
- gift of clairvoyance
- supposed clairvoyance
On the page
The character’s clairvoyance revealed a distant siege.
The investigator questioned the claim of clairvoyance.
The tale treated clairvoyance as a dangerous gift.
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- clairvoyance
Usage notes
Primary category: fantasy. Forms: Mass noun. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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