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clairvoyant Definition

clair·voy·ant (-ənt)

adjective

  1. of clairvoyance
  2. apparently having clairvoyance
  3. having great insight; keenly perceptive

Etymology: Fr, lit., seeing clearly < clair, clear + voyant, seeing, prp. of voir < L videre, to see: see wise

noun

a clairvoyant person

clairvoyant Related Forms
clair·voy·antly adverb
clairvoyant Synonyms

clairvoyant

modif.

  1. Psychic

    telepathic, second-sighted, spiritualistic; see mental 2, mysterious 2, supernatural.

  2. Discerning

    perceptive, penetrating, clear-sighted; see judicious.

clairvoyant Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • have: Total reads: 29 Has the great clairvoyant Nostradamus come back to us in the guise of a twenty-first century janitor?
  • link: Dominic Smith works with live streaming in Micro Psychic, linking a clairvoyant in the northern seaside town of South Shields to the ICA.
  • become: Hilda wants a prediction to come true before Stan can persuade her to become a clairvoyant.
  • name: BonJour has presented striking examples of just this sort, one of which concerns a clairvoyant named Maud.

Converse of subject

  • see: The vehicle of feelings and emotions seen by clairvoyants as an aura of flashing colors.

Adjective modifier

  • psychic: I wondered this aloud with a psychic clairvoyant recently, who offered the thought that our spiritual perceptions are probably confined to this planet.
  • genuine: This is not the same as the ' genuine clairvoyant psychic will find you your soulmate ' type of thing!
  • gifted: This man is one gifted clairvoyants in England, tho Tom Tyrrell the weaver, Aaron Wilkinson, and others are very marvelous.
  • natural: Pure Clairvoyance is what distinguishes a natural Clairvoyant from a Tarot Reader!
  • great: Total reads: 29 Has the great clairvoyant Nostradamus come back to us in the guise of a twenty-first century janitor?
  • good: But the good clairvoyant will still see the other rays, albeit briefly overlaid by this dominant ray and its color.

Modifies a noun

  • ability: Indeed, every one of us is already ` blown about ' enough by these forces without developing any clairvoyant ability!
  • reading: Mary Maria offers clairvoyant readings by phone and email.
  • medium: Sarah Jane: 3738 Sarah Jane is a clairvoyant medium Click here to read Sarah Jane's profile.
  • power: At the time of the first three murders by the ripper, Mr Lees was in the height of his clairvoyant powers.
  • vision: Such was the extraordinary clairvoyant vision presented to the second sight of Mr Lees.
  • perception: By this Steiner was referring to something he spoke about on many occasions, namely the closing of the doors of natural clairvoyant perception.

Modifying Another Word

  • naturally: Before Kali Yuga human beings had been naturally clairvoyant; the existence of a spiritual world was obvious to them.

Used with adjective complement

  • become: This is why it is not at all desirable to become clairvoyant if one is not pure and capable of self-mastery.

Preposition: in

  • town: Dominic Smith works with live streaming in Micro Psychic, linking a clairvoyant in the northern seaside town of South Shields to the ICA.
clairvoyant Quotes

La haine est toujours plus clairvoyante et plus inge¤  nieuse que l'amitie¤  . Hate is always more clairvoyant and ingenious than friendship.

—Laclos, Pierre-Ambroise Choderlos de

I envy you if you're able to sustain a uniform degree of interest throughout Ulysses.People are always saying they do. People also claim to be clairvoyant and to levitate.

—Bowles, Paul Frederick

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