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Clairvoyance is a term that hails from late 17th century French clair (clear) and voyant (seeing). Clairvoyance denotes a form of extra-sensory perception in which a psychic acquires knowledge about a contemporary object, situation, or event via paranormal means. Clairvoyance is different from telepathy in that the information gained by a clairvoyant is assumed to derive directly from an external physical source, and not from another person's mind. Clairvoyance does not necessarily contain precognitive knowledge, but it can do so. Clairvoyance is also known as remote viewing, when the facility has been trained.

As with all psi phenomena, there is wide disagreement and controversy within the sciences as to the existence of clairvoyance and the validity and interpretation of clairvoyance-related experiments (see Parapsychology).