SECOND SIGHT

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does second sight mean? 

• SECOND SIGHT (noun)
  The noun SECOND SIGHT has 1 sense:

1. apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

  Familiarity information: SECOND SIGHT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SECOND SIGHT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

clairvoyance; E.S.P.; ESP; extrasensory perception; second sight

Hypernyms ("second sight" is a kind of...):

parapsychology; psychic phenomena; psychic phenomenon (phenomena that appear to contradict physical laws and suggest the possibility of causation by mental processes)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "second sight"):

foreknowledge; precognition (knowledge of an event before it occurs)

 Context examples 

"You think I'm pretty dumb, don't you?" he suggested. "Perhaps I am, but I have a—almost a second sight, sometimes, that tells me what to do. Maybe you don't believe that, but science—"

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)