clairvoyance
-
/klair voy"euhns/, n.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.Syn. 2. intuition, penetration, discernment, vision.
* * *
French“clear seeing”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.* * *
Universalium. 2010.
Look at other dictionaries:
Clairvoyance — Terminology An experiment in Sensory deprivation aiming to stimulate clairvoyance Definition the ability to gain information about an object, person, location or physical event through means other than the known human senses … Wikipedia
clairvoyance — [ klɛrvwajɑ̃s ] n. f. • 1580; de clairvoyant 1 ♦ Vue exacte, claire et lucide des choses. ⇒ acuité, discernement, finesse, flair, lucidité, perspicacité. Analyser la situation avec clairvoyance. Rien n échappe à sa clairvoyance. 2 ♦ Parapsychol.… … Encyclopédie Universelle
clairvoyance — CLAIRVOYANCE. s. f. Sagacité et pénétration dans les affaires. C est un homme habile et qui a de la clairvoyance. Rien ne sauroit échapper à son exactitude et à sa clairvoyance. Il vieillit … Dictionnaire de l'Académie Française 1798
clairvoyance — (n.) paranormal gift of seeing things out of sight, 1847, from Fr. clairvoyance (O.Fr. clerveans, 13c.) insight, clear sightedness, from clairvoyant (see CLAIRVOYANT (Cf. clairvoyant)). A secondary sense in French is the main sense in English … Etymology dictionary
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] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Clairvoyance — (fr., spr. Klärwojangs), Hellsehen, u. Clairvoyanten, Hellsehende, s. u. Thierischer Magnetismus … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
Clairvoyance — (frz., spr. klärwŏăjángß), s. Somnambulismus … Kleines Konversations-Lexikon
Clairvoyance — Clairvoyance. Die höchste Stufe des Somnambulismus in der Lehre von dem thierischen Magnetismus, wobei der Clairvoyant, oder die Clairvoyante nicht nur sich selbst innerlich anzuschauen vermag, sondern auch wissen soll, was in andern, mit der… … Damen Conversations Lexikon
Clairvoyance — (frz. Klärwojangß), das magnetische Hellsehen; clairvoyant, clairvoyante, männl. oder weibl. Person in diesem Zustande … Herders Conversations-Lexikon
clairvoyance — index precognition Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
clairvoyance — [n] intuition acumen, discernment, ESP*, feeling, foreknowledge, insight, omen, penetration, perception, precognition, premonition, psyche, sixth sense*, telepathy; concepts 409,410 … New thesaurus
