telepathy
[tuh-lep-uh-thee]
- communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
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Origin of telepathy
Also called mental telepathy.
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Related Words for telepathy
clairvoyance, insight, premonition, presentiment, spiritualism, ESP, parapsychology, telesthesiaExamples 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.”
Historical Examples of telepathy
They report to me by telepathy whenever I send my thoughts their way.
Telepathy is the mode of communication with the cubes, and you rule them by your will.
But somehow the telepathy stuff didn't work at all according to propaganda.
Mixed FacesRoy Norton
There are several theories to explain the action of telepathy.
TelepathyW. W. Baggally
That he had not found her there seemed to him conclusive proof that there was nothing in telepathy.
Rim o' the WorldB. M. Bower
telepathy
- 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
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Word Origin for telepathy
C19: from tele- + Greek patheia feeling, perception: see -pathy
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telepathy
(tə-lĕp′ə-thē)- Communication by means other than through the normal senses.
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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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