mind reading
Americannoun
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the ability to discern the thoughts of others without the normal means of communication, especially by means of a preternatural power.
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an act or the practice of so discerning the thoughts of another.
Etymology
Origin of mind reading
First recorded in 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Jones continues that she had a message from James Thornton, Joanna Page's husband a few days earlier as he had a script idea and asked if she would mind reading it.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025
“And I’m more the mind reading and feeling and sensing things, which I think is a female thing too.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2025
This causes us to deploy the common cognitive distortion of mind reading, in which we're convinced we know what someone else is thinking.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2023
But even if this approach works, the prospect of combining mind reading and machine learning to predict hit songs remains fraught with ethical dilemmas.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 30, 2023
Much of our understanding of mind reading comes from two remarkable scientists, a teacher and his pupil: Silvan Tomkins and Paul Ekman.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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