thought transference

noun

1. transference of thought by extrasensory means from the mind of one individual to another; telepathy.

thought transference

noun

1. psychol another name for telepathy

Word History and Origins

Origin of thought transference¹

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

I believe in thought transference now, vibrations in the ether, that sort of junk.

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But the possibility of such thought transference is generally admitted.

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The phenomena of thought transference, of telepathy, of hypnotism, are lifting the veil upon modes of influence of which we have scarcely dreamed.

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It was a case of pure thought transference—a transference of a mental conception, line for line.

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If we were to regard sleep, after the common usage, as a simple state, dreams, visions, thought transference, and the appearance of a person while living at a distance, become a mass of irreconcilable details.

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