telepathy

[tuh-lep-uh-thee]

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noun

communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.

Origin of telepathy

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

Related formstel·e·path·ic

[tel-uh-path-ik] /ˌtɛl əˈpæθ ɪk/, adjectivetel·e·path·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·tel·e·path·ic, adjectivenon·tel·e·path·i·cal·ly, adverb

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Related Words for telepathy

clairvoyance, insight, premonition, presentiment, spiritualism, ESP, parapsychology, telesthesia

Examples from the Web for telepathy

Contemporary Examples of telepathy

His suggestion: “a telepathy shield” that “would consist of a thin metal foil around the brain.”
What Will Happen to Our Minds in the Future?
Robert Herritt
March 2, 2014

Historical Examples of telepathy

They report to me by telepathy whenever I send my thoughts their way.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930
Various
Telepathy is the mode of communication with the cubes, and you rule them by your will.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930
Various
But somehow the telepathy stuff didn't work at all according to propaganda.
Mixed Faces
Roy Norton
There are several theories to explain the action of telepathy.
Telepathy
W. W. Baggally
That he had not found her there seemed to him conclusive proof that there was nothing in telepathy.
Rim o' the World
B. M. Bower

British Dictionary definitions for telepathy

telepathy

noun

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

Derived Formstelepathic (ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk), adjectivetelepathically, adverbtelepathist, noun

Word Origin for telepathy

C19: from tele- + Greek patheia feeling, perception: see -pathy

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Word Origin and History for telepathy

1882, coined (along with telæsthesia) by English psychologist Frederic Myers (1843-1901), from tele- + -pathy. Telepathic is first recorded 1884. The noun telepath is a 1907 back-formation.

telepathy in Medicine

telepathy

[tə-lĕp′ə-thē]

n.

Communication by means other than through the normal senses.

telepathy in Culture

telepathy

[(tuh-lep-uh-thee)]

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