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cryptaesthesia

British

/ ˌkrɪptəsˈθiːzɪə /

noun

psychol another term for extrasensory perception

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It is a phenomenon of subliminal hypersensitiveness observed more than once, a sort of premonition induced by subconscious perceptions, which has been christened by the barbarous name of "cryptaesthesia."

From The Unknown Guest by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

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