Sixth Sense Definition & Meaning

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    • Synonyms sixth sense American

    noun

    1. a power of perception beyond the five senses; intuition.

      His sixth sense warned him to be cautious.

    sixth sense British

    noun

    1. any supposed sense or means of perception, such as intuition or clairvoyance, other than the five senses of sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell

    "Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 sixth sense Idioms

    1. Keen intuition, as in She had a sixth sense that they would find it in the cellar. This term alludes to a sense in addition to the five physical senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. [c. 1800]

    Etymology

    Origin of sixth sense

    First recorded in 1830–40

    Example Sentences

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    Because interoceptive signals originate deep within the body and are often processed unconsciously, scientists often describe this system as our "hidden sixth sense."

    From Science Daily

    It was when she started accurately rattling off my license and Visa card numbers that the phrase “sixth sense” came to my mind.

    From Los Angeles Times

    “Well,” Squire said while everyone around him groaned, “I guess I have a sixth sense.”

    From Los Angeles Times

    Milo says he and his colleagues have long believed that numbers can “provide a sixth sense of the world.”

    From Science Magazine

    “Just by small little signals on their face they’re making. It just becomes like a sixth sense.”

    From New York Times

    Related Words

    • instinct

    Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

    Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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