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clairvoyant (s) (noun), clairvoyants (pl)
Someone who is said to be able to perceive, or to see, things that are usually beyond the range of human senses: As a clairvoyant, Eve surprised most of her customers with her ability to explain what would happen if they made certain decisions.
Someone who claims to be able to perceive beyond the normal range of vision.
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clairvoyant (adjective), more clairvoyant, most clairvoyant
1. A reference to or relating to the ability to see that which can't be normally perceived with the normal senses: Roy certainly had a clairvoyant ability to predict his sister's future with her husband because he said that she was going to have four children and sure enough, she had quadruplets!
2. Etymology: from Latin clarus, "clear" + voyant, videre, "to see".
Descriptive of someone who can see beyond normal perceptions.
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This entry is located in the following units: clair- (page 1) vid-, video-, vis-, -vision, -visional, -visionally, visuo-, vu- (page 2)
Word Entries at Get Words: “clairvoyant
A person who is said to be able to see things that are usually beyond the range of normal human abilities. (1)
Conveying the ability to see or to perceive something beyond normal conceptions. (1)