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sixth sense

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sixth sense
a supposed power to know or feel things that are not perceptible by the five senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. My sixth sense told me to avoid going home by my usual route. Later I discovered there had been a fatal accident on it. Jane's sixth sense demanded that she not trust Tom, even though he seemed honest enough.
See also: sense


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Among themselves they communicate by means of what Perry says must be a sixth sense which is cognizant of a fourth dimension.
You must have a scent for them, and a scent is like a sixth sense which combines hearing, seeing, and smelling.
Perhaps it was by virtue of some sixth sense that men born for unlawful occupations may be gifted with.
 
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