SIXTH SENSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sixth sense mean? 

• SIXTH SENSE (noun)
  The noun SIXTH SENSE has 1 sense:

1. grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

  Familiarity information: SIXTH SENSE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIXTH SENSE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Synonyms:

insight; sixth sense

Hypernyms ("sixth sense" is a kind of...):

intuition (instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes))

 Context examples 

Or, perhaps,—who can tell? —it was that fabled sixth sense which conveyed to him the loom and feel of an object close at hand.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)

With the help of two young patients with a unique neurological disorder, an initial study by scientists at the National Institutes of Health suggests that a gene called PIEZO2 controls specific aspects of human touch and proprioception, a sixth sense describing awareness of one’s body in space.

(“Sixth sense” may be more than just a feeling, NIH)