thought transference

American  

noun

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

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thought transference British  

noun

1. psychol another name for telepathy

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Etymology

Origin of thought transference

First recorded in 1880–85

Example Sentences

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

From Literature

But the possibility of such thought transference is generally admitted.

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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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