CLAIRVOYANCE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does clairvoyance mean? 

• CLAIRVOYANCE (noun)
  The noun CLAIRVOYANCE has 1 sense:

1. apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

  Familiarity information: CLAIRVOYANCE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLAIRVOYANCE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clairvoyance; E.S.P.; ESP; extrasensory perception; second sight

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

parapsychology; psychic phenomena; psychic phenomenon (phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "clairvoyance"):

foreknowledge; precognition (knowledge of an event before it occurs)

Derivation:

clairvoyant (foreseeing the future)

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