telegnosis

American

[tel-uh-noh-sis, tel-ig-] / ˌtɛl əˈnoʊ sɪs, ˌtɛl ɪg- /

noun

supernatural or occult knowledge; clairvoyance.

telegnosis British

/ ˌtɛləɡ-, ˌtɛləˈnɒstɪk, ˌtɛləˈnəʊsɪs, ˌtɛləɡ- /

noun

knowledge about distant events alleged to have been obtained without the use of any normal sensory mechanism Compare clairvoyance

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Other Word Forms

telegnostic adjective

Etymology

Origin of telegnosis

First recorded in 1910–15; tele- ¹ + -gnosis

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