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sixth sense

noun [S]
 
 

Definition

an ability that some people believe they have that seems to give them information without using the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, smell, or taste: A sixth sense told me that the train was going to crash.Extrasensory perception and telepathyPredicting things and intuition
(Definition of sixth sense noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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