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sixth sense

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sixth sense
n.
A power of perception seemingly independent of the five senses; keen intuition.
sixth sense
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) any supposed sense or means of perception, such as intuition or clairvoyance, other than the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell
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Noun1.sixth sensesixth sense - grasping the inner nature of things intuitively
insight
intuition - instinctive knowing (without the use of rational processes)
sixth sense
noun intuition, second sight, clairvoyance, feyness He has a sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.
Translations
sixth sense
n → sechster Sinn
sixth sense n → sesto senso
sixth sense n → sesto senso


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Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.
At the Earth's Core by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
You must have a scent for them, and a scent is like a sixth sense which combines hearing, seeing, and smelling.
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Perhaps it was by virtue of some sixth sense that men born for unlawful occupations may be gifted with.
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