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telepathy

[ tuh-lep-uh-thee ]
/ təˈlɛp ə θi /
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noun

communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.

RELATED WORDS

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

Nearby words

  1. teleost,
  2. telepath,
  3. telepathic,
  4. telepathist,
  5. telepathize,
  6. teleph.,
  7. telephone,
  8. telephone answering machine,
  9. telephone bank,
  10. telephone banking

Origin of telepathy

First recorded in 1880–85; tele-1 + -pathy
Also called mental telepathy.
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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British Dictionary definitions for telepathy

telepathy

/ (tɪˈlɛpəθɪ) /

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
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Word Origin and History for telepathy

telepathy

n.

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.

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper

Medicine definitions for telepathy

telepathy

[ tə-lĕp′ə-thē ]

n.

Communication by means other than through the normal senses.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.

Culture 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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