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telepathy

telepathy

33 8.7
Ability to send and receive another person's thoughts without speech or writing
  • noun
  • /təˈlɛpəθi/
translation icon : telepatía
  • Scientists are researching telepathy to understand if thoughts can be transmitted directly between minds.
  • telepathy and clairvoyance

Rupert Sheldrake has is a scientist and he's done a great deal of work on telepathy, for example.

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Examples

  • You cannot share in our telepathy.

  • The language barrier is as troublesome in telepathy as in speech, after all.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • I shall want telepathy during his visit... and a report when we're finished.

  • "I think it's clear," she told Dr. Owen, "that this is some kind of telepathy."

    Fiction book (1991)
  • "Sure, we have telepathy," Everson said, "but the range is usually measured in inches."

    Fiction book (1999)
  • He communicated to me with a kind of a telepathy which was so strong.

  • Helen looked at me, astonished, horrified, but slightly proud of my skills in telepathy.

    Fiction book (2000)
  • I do think that telepathy is real and it doesn't surprise me that we're only really seeing it with non verbal autistic kids.

  • During their meditation, they claimed to experience telepathy, sharing thoughts without speaking.

  • The novel explored the concept of telepathy as a way for the characters to communicate without words.

Synonyms

ESP
vstelepathy
14 8.8

The claimed ability to know things without using the five usual senses

focuses on person-to-person mind transfer rather than general extrasensory knowledge
thought transference
vstelepathy
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Sending thoughts and feelings directly from one person's mind to another without using words or touch

is the same concept but named in a single formal phrase
9.9

A way of sending or receiving thoughts without using the usual senses

focuses on direct mind-to-mind transfer rather than broader paranormal ways
psychic communication
vstelepathy
9.9

Communication using claimed mind powers instead of normal sight or hearing

is about direct thought sharing specifically not general supernatural contact
9.9

A way of sending messages by telepathy or other methods outside the normal senses

is narrower meaning direct person-to-person mind transmission rather than any anomaly

How Direct

telepathy
33 8.7
email
  • Texting
724 1.0

Surface Forms

telepathy singular
telepathies plural

Morphology

telepathy = tele + pathy

The word is built from Greek combining forms meaning 'far' and 'feeling', but the modern sense of communication of thoughts at a distance is specialized and not fully predictable for a typical learner.

Etymology

Telepathy comes from Greek parts tele- meaning 'far' and -pathy meaning 'feeling', the same parts you see in telephone and empathy. So telepathy is like 'feeling from far', meaning knowing another person's thoughts without speaking or using the usual senses.