sixth sense

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sixth sense

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Adding to the traditional five senses of touch, taste, smell, sight, and hearing.

noun sixth senses

  1. Extrasensory perception; the ability to sense things by means other than the known bodily senses. Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.

    Similar: second sight

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noun extrasensory perception

Españolsexto sentido
日本語第六感 dairokkan
中文第六感 dìliùgǎn
Portuguêssexto sentido
Françaissixième sens
Deutschsechster Sinn
Italianosesto senso
Русскийшесто́е чу́вство šestóje čúvstvo

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@misc{sixth_sense_2026,
  title = {sixth sense},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/sixth%20sense},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}