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second sight

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second sight
n.
Clairvoyance.
second sight
n
the alleged ability to foresee the future, see actions taking place elsewhere, etc.; clairvoyance
second-sighted  adj
second-sightedness  n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.second sightsecond sight - apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses
clairvoyance, E.S.P., ESP, extrasensory perception
parapsychology, psychic phenomena, psychic phenomenon - phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes
foreknowledge, precognition - knowledge of an event before it occurs
Translations
second sight n → chiaroveggenza
to have second sight → essere chiaroveggente
second sight n → chiaroveggenza
to have second sight → essere chiaroveggente


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By comparison with such superstitions as these, even the Second Sight has something--in the shape of poetry--to recommend it, surely?
The Frozen Deep by Collins, Wilkie View in context
Do you know, uncle, if we have any second sight in our family?
The Lair of the White Worm by Stoker, Bram View in context
He often corrected, with a few clear words, the thousand conjectures advanced by members of the club as to lost and unheard-of travellers, pointing out the true probabilities, and seeming as if gifted with a sort of second sight, so often did events justify his predictions.
Around The World In Eighty Days by Verne, Jules View in context
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