telepathy

American  

[tuh-lep-uh-thee] / təˈlɛp ə θi /

noun

1. communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.

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telepathy British  

/ tɪˈlɛpəθɪ, ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk /

noun

1. Also called: thought transference.  psychol the communication between people of thoughts, feelings, desires, etc, involving mechanisms that cannot be understood in terms of known scientific laws Compare telegnosis clairvoyance

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telepathy Cultural  

1. Knowledge conveyed from one individual to another without means of the five senses; mind reading. (See also extrasensory perception, parapsychology, and psychic research.)

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Other Word Forms

• nontelepathic adjective
• nontelepathically adverb
• telepathic adjective
• telepathically adverb
• telepathist noun

Etymology

Origin of telepathy

First recorded in 1880–85; tele- ¹ + -pathy

Compare meaning

How does telepathy compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• telepathy vs. telekinesis

Example Sentences

It’s silent, and also a weird form of telepathy.

From The Wall Street Journal

He once told her that he believed oppressed people had a type of “telepathy” that bonded them all together, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Lee is fascinated by the plant, specifically the rumblings he’s heard that it can be used for telepathy.

From Salon

The actors bonded instantly and had “an almost telepathy by the end of the shoot,” Zetumer said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mork uses telepathy to summon characters’ memories, in the form of scenes from the sitcom’s first five years.

From New York Times