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sixth sense

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1. sixth sense - Noun

2. sixth sense - Phrase

Meaning

grasping the inner nature of things intuitively

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

We each have a sixth sense that is attuned to the oneness dimension in life, providing a means for us to guide our lives in accord with our ideas. Henry Reed

But I think we are seeing a resurgence of the graphic ghost story like The Others, Devil's Backbone and The Sixth Sense. It is a return to more gothic atmospheric ghost storytelling. Guillermo del Toro

When we fall asleep, we withdraw our awareness from its hypnotic fascination with physical sensation, thereby enabling us to listen with our now awakening sixth sense. Henry Reed

Habit is the sixth sense that dominates the other five. Arabic Proverb

Poverty is the sixth sense. German Proverb

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