telepathy

[ tuh-lep-uh-thee ]
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noun
  1. communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.

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Origin of telepathy

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

Other words from telepathy

  • tel·e·path·ic [tel-uh-path-ik], /ˌtɛl əˈpæθ ɪk/, adjective
  • tel·e·path·i·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·tel·e·path·ic, adjective
  • non·tel·e·path·i·cal·ly, adverb

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How to use telepathy in a sentence

  • His suggestion: “a telepathy shield” that “would consist of a thin metal foil around the brain.”

  • These phenomena of sight at a distance are classed under the general title of telepathy (τήλε, far, πάθος, sensation).

    Urania | Camille Flammarion
  • And in that look, Arcot read what even telepathy had hidden heretofore.

    Islands of Space | John W Campbell
  • Arcot spent the rest of the evening teaching them the Venerian system of telepathy.

    Islands of Space | John W Campbell
  • Projective telepathy had only been a crackpot's idea back then.

    The Penal Cluster | Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)
  • To pass the weary time Jones and Hill dabbled in and experimented with hypnotism and telepathy.

British Dictionary definitions for telepathy

telepathy

/ (tɪˈlɛpəθɪ) /


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

Origin of telepathy

1
C19: from tele- + Greek patheia feeling, perception: see -pathy

Derived forms of telepathy

  • telepathic (ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk), adjective
  • telepathically, adverb
  • telepathist, noun

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Cultural definitions for telepathy

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.)

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