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Princeton's WordNet

  1. insight, sixth sensenoun

    grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

Wiktionary

  1. sixth sensenoun

    Extrasensory perception; the ability to sense things by means other than the known bodily senses.

  2. Etymology: Refers to a hypothetical sense different from the known bodily senses, of which traditionally there are five: touch, taste, smell, sight and hearing.

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  1. sixth sense

    A sixth sense refers to an intuitive ability or perception beyond the basic five human senses of sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch. It is often associated with the capability to perceive or know things without using the ordinary senses, such as extrasensory perception or intuition. This term can also relate to an enhanced awareness or heightened sensitivity to the surroundings or environment.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of sixth sense in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of sixth sense in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of sixth sense in a Sentence

  1. Sarah Paulson:

    I love his [ M. Night Shyamalan ] movies. I've always loved his movies. I remember where I was when I saw' Sixth Sense,'' Unbreakable' and' Signs' and what I did after. i just remember so many points in my own personal history that are associated with seeing movies of Bruce Willis.

  2. W. Somerset Maugham:

    Money is like a sixth sense without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.

  3. Demi Moore:

    I look at our marriage like ‘The Sixth Sense,’ you were dead the whole time.

  4. Sarah Paulson:

    I mean [ Fletcher ] won an Academy Award doing it, so there's no where to go but down, i absolutely feel that pressure because I have an enormous reverence for Louis Fletcher and for Louise Fletcher portrayal in that movie and for the movie itself. This story stands on its own in Sixth Sense that we are starting many years prior to when we meet Nurse Ratched in the movie' Cuckoos Nest,' so I know that I'm not going to be trying to emulate what she did because this is prior to her doing what she did in the movie. I have a little bit of leeway there, but I'm certainly thinking about it.

  5. Erik Pevernagie:

    Fear can be passed on to others and, similar to fear of flying, its smell can be sensed by people in outlandish places or fussy situations. Its apprehension may be nasal or actuated through our brain, our memory or the sensorial spread, and not at the least through a sixth sense. (One could still feel the smell of fear )


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