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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesclairvoyance
Pronunciation / Transliteration: clairvoyance
"Elle affirme posséder le don de clairvoyance."
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The supposed faculty of perceiving things or events in the future or beyond normal sensory contact.
"She claimed to have used clairvoyance to locate the missing keys."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from French, combining 'clair' (clear) and 'voyance' (seeing), from Old French 'clere' and 'veoir' (to see, from Latin videre). The term emerged in the 19th century during the rise of spiritualism to describe the alleged faculty of perceiving things or events beyond normal sensory contact.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Clairvoyance" is said worldwide
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clairvoyance
Transliteration: clairvoyance
"Elle affirme posséder le don de clairvoyance."
Hellsehen
Transliteration: Hellsehen
"Manche Menschen glauben an die Kraft des Hellsehens."
chiaroveggenza
Transliteration: chiaroveggenza
"Il sensitivo ha dimostrato straordinarie capacità di chiaroveggenza."
videncia
Transliteration: videncia
"La pitonisa usó su videncia para predecir el futuro."
clarividência
Transliteration: clarividência
"Ele tentou adivinhar os números através da clarividência."
दूर-दृष्टि
Transliteration: door-drishti
"उसकी दूर-दृष्टि की शक्ति पर सबको आश्चर्य हुआ।"
透视力
Transliteration: tòushìlì
"有些人认为特异功能者拥有透视力。"
투시력
Transliteration: tusiryeok
"그녀는 투시력이 있다고 주장했다."
千里眼
Transliteration: senrigan
"彼には未来を見通す千里眼があると言われています。"
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