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sixth sense

1. in general language, an intuition or instinct that enables a person to make a correct judgment or decision without conscious use of the five senses or normal cognitive processes.

2. in parapsychology, the ostensible sensory modality responsible for mediating the phenomena of extrasensory perception (ESP). Some consider the term to be a synonym for ESP. See psi.

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