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Clairvoyance Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ance

Clairvoyance has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

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

2

The power to see the future.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
psychic phenomena
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
precognition

Origin

The word comes from French, where it originally described the ability to see clearly or with clarity. It was later adopted into English to mean supernatural sight or knowledge gained without using the senses.

Rhyming Words
nce ance ince unce ence once vince sence ponce nance munce vance dunce hence bonce ounce nonce gance dance vonce
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