Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to clairvoyance.
- adjective Having the supposed power to see objects or events that cannot be perceived by the senses.
- noun A person, such as a medium, possessing the supposed power of clairvoyance.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to, or characterized by, the supposed faculty of clairvoyance, or of seeing or perceiving things not discernible by the senses.
- noun A person possessing or supposed to possess the power of clairvoyance.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to clairvoyance; discerning objects while in a mesmeric state which are not present to the senses.
- noun One who is able, when in a mesmeric state, to discern objects not present to the senses.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of, or relating to
clairvoyance . - adjective Able to
see things that cannot beperceived by the normalsenses . - adjective Able to
foresee thefuture . - noun A person able to
see things that cannot beperceived by the normalsenses . - noun A person able to
foresee thefuture .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- adjective foreseeing the future
- noun someone who has the power of clairvoyance
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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You see, Alice Cromley was what they call clairvoyant.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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You see, Alice Cromley was what they call clairvoyant.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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You see, Alice Cromley was what they call clairvoyant.
Darkness Becomes Her Kelly Keaton 2011
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Baron provided what she called a clairvoyant insight on the young woman's killer.
Times Leader News Joe Healey 2010
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The word clairvoyant has appeared in 21 New York Times articles in the past year, including on Nov. 11 in Looking for Students
NYT > Home Page By THE LEARNING NETWORK 2010
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A clairvoyant is a psychic who can or professes to see objects or events outside the field of natural vision.
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Possibly certain persons in sympathy with each other may be able to act upon each other from a distance, especially when thrown into the sort of trance which is known as the clairvoyant state.
Rujub, the Juggler 1867
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I should have known but little of its principles and practices, as I was simply what I should now call a clairvoyant, sought out by the society for my gifts in this direction, had I not, in later years, been instructed in the fundamentals of the society by the author of
Buchanan's Journal of Man, January 1888 Volume 1, Number 12 1856
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It is soooo ironic, that these morons are now making Obama look like some kind of clairvoyant sage, as they cling to their guns and bibles.
Think Progress » Obama bumper sticker fuels violent political road rage in Tennessee. 2010
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The map of North America "ca 3005" originates from a self-professed "clairvoyant" who based it on visions he's received over the past few years.
The Speculist: The Lucky 13th Edition of The Carnival of Tomorrow 2005
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