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CLAIRVOYANT

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Someone who has the power of clairvoyance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("clairvoyant" is a kind of...):

psychic (a person apparently sensitive to things beyond the natural range of perception)

Derivation:

clairvoyant (foreseeing the future)

clairvoyant (perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Foreseeing the future

Synonyms:

clairvoyant; precognitive; second-sighted

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

prophetic; prophetical (foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention)

Derivation:

clairvoyance (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)

clairvoyant (someone who has the power of clairvoyance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

extrasensory; paranormal (seemingly outside normal sensory channels)

Derivation:

clairvoyance (apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses)

clairvoyant (someone who has the power of clairvoyance)

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