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clairvoyance
(klɛəˈvɔɪəns, or as Fr. klɛrvwajɑ̃s)
[Fr.; where used in 16th c. in sense 2; but in Eng. introduced in sense 1; sense 2, when used, is partly directly from Fr., partly transf. from 1.]
1. A supposed faculty attributed to certain persons, or to persons under certain mesmeric conditions, consisting in the mental perception of objects at a distance or concealed from sight.
1847Mrs. Carlyle Lett. II. 24 Of the clairvoyance I have witnessed nothing. 1847Emerson Poems, Initial Love Wks. (Bohn) I. 457 He is versed in occult science, In magic, and in clairvoyance. 1862Lytton Str. Story I. 14 Mesmer had little faith in that gift of clairvoyance, of which Puysegur was..the first audacious asserter.
2. Keenness of mental perception, clearness of insight; insight into things beyond the range of ordinary perception.
1861Romance Dull Life xxxvi. 258 She knew, by the kind of clairvoyance which distinguishes lonely minds, that, etc. 1884Symonds Shaks. Predec. ii. §19. 79 What may be called..clairvoyance in dramatic matters. Ibid. 81 This clairvoyance gave them insight into things beyond their own experience. Shakspere painted much that he had never seen. |