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claircognizance

claircognizance noun: the ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge without knowing how or why they knew it.

Noun

claircognizance

  1. The ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge without knowing how or why they knew it.

Forms of claircognizance

alternative formclaircognisance

Origin of claircognizance

Presumably from late 17th century French clair (“clear”) + cognizance.

Questions about claircognizance

What does claircognizance mean?
Claircognizance means the ability for a person to acquire psychic knowledge without knowing how or why they knew it.
What part of speech is claircognizance?
Claircognizance is a noun.

Words near claircognizance in the dictionary

  1. clairaudiences
  2. clairaudient
  3. clairaudiently
  4. clairaudients
  5. claircognisance
  6. claircognizance
  7. claircognizant
  8. claircognizants
  9. claire
  10. clairecole
  11. clairecolle

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