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sixth sense
noun
: a special ability to know something that cannot be learned by using the five senses (such as sight or hearing)
Full Definition of SIXTH SENSE
: a power of perception like but not one of the five senses : a keen intuitive power
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First Known Use of SIXTH SENSE
1761
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- extrasensory perception, second sight, clairvoyance
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