CLAIRVOYANCE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

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)