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second sight

second sight Second sight is a historical name for a conjuring act presented as clairvoyance.

Second sight is a historical name for a conjuring act presented as clairvoyance. In this use, the effect is produced by quickly and skilfully reading a devised system of signals rather than by any genuine power of seeing distant or hidden things.

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Drafting source: Baldwin Dictionary of Philosophy and Psychology, 1901. 1901 New York Macmillan original; archive index checked 2026-10-18. “Clairvoyance” (Clairvoyance).
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