clairvoyance
noun
Examples of clairvoyance in a Sentence
Simon Thompson, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
The actor is set to star in Marvel’s Madame Web this month, in which Johnson plays Cassandra Webb—a New York City paramedic who begins to show signs of clairvoyance.
—Christian Allaire, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2024
End of carousel Of course, there’s more to Schutz than clairvoyance.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2023
In 2011, the Cornell psychologist Daryl Bem published a journal article that ostensibly proved the existence of clairvoyance.
—Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
First, because the questions must be precise enough to pass the clairvoyance test, there is no wiggle room about what constitutes, say, large troop maneuvers.
—J. Peter Scoblic, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2020
According to court documents, the snippets of personal information, including recipients’ dates and places of birth, were purchased from data brokers — and used to convince people of the psychic’s clairvoyance.
—María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 21 June 2023
The same natural, intuitive clairvoyance that puts people at ease and the same powerful force of will.
—The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
The same natural, intuitive clairvoyance that put people at ease.
—The Foretold Team, Los Angeles Times, 11 Apr. 2023
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Word History
1838, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Clairvoyance.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/clairvoyance. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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clairvoyance
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Medical Definition
clairvoyance
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called also cryptesthesia
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