clairvoyance
/kleəˈvɔɪəns/ (bre, ipa) · /klerˈvɔɪəns/ (ame, ipa) · /kler-ˈvȯi-ən(t)s/ (ame, mw)
clairvoyance — noun
1. a claimed ability to know about events, people, or places without using the ordi
a claimed ability to know about events, people, or places without using the ordinary five senses — for example, describing a faraway location in detail, or telling someone what will happen in the future
Esther believed her clairvoyance showed her the flood a week before the river rose.
clairvoyance + show — describing what the ability disclosed
The villagers trusted Granny Zhao's clairvoyance after she warned them of the coming storm.
Most scientists dismiss clairvoyance as a mental trick, not a real power.
Kwame's mother swore that her clairvoyance let her speak with ancestors long dead.
The newspaper told of a boy whose clairvoyance helped police find a lost child.
- second sight
a more traditional, folk term; often implies foreseeing future events specifically
- precognition
narrower: knowing a future event before it happens, with no claim about seeing hidden present things
- extrasensory perception
broader scientific term covering all psi phenomena including telepathy
用法筆記
Uncountable noun. Do not use an article before it ('a clairvoyance'). The person who has this ability is called a clairvoyant.