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thought reading

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Or thought-reading

noun

  1. mind reading.

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Etymology

Origin of thought reading

First recorded in 1840–50

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Thought reading is very easy if a person is visible, and rascals begin from a distance, and finally operate between hypnotics out of sight.

From Inferences from Haunted Houses and Haunted Men by Harris, John William

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