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extrasensory

extrasensory

4 9.1
A kind of knowing that comes from beyond the normal senses
  • adjective
  • /ˌɛkstrəˈsɛnʃəri/
translation icon : extrasensorial
  • Scientists are researching extrasensory abilities like telepathy and precognition.
  • extrasensory perception

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Examples

  • And he sees no reason why people who have all their natural senses should not have access to extrasensory devices, too.

    Blog text (12)
  • She'd never had much interest in extrasensory perception and strange mental powers.

    Fiction book (1991)
  • So he just had an extrasensory perception ability for that.

  • And you asked me before about extrasensory perception.

  • It's some kind of extrasensory perception.

  • She has an extrasensory power.

  • Maybe Eugene, you have extrasensory perception.

  • Now, I work at the Paragon Institute, where we study the phenomena of extrasensory perception.

  • University sources confirm that Simon Silver has accepted the invitation of Paul Shackleton, head of the Scientific Paranormal Research Center, to be submitted to an exhaustive scientific study of his extrasensory abilities.

  • Many believe in extrasensory perception, claiming it allows communication beyond normal senses.

Synonyms

paranormal
vsextrasensory
60 7.0

Science cannot explain things like ghosts or people moving objects with their mind

is narrower, focusing on named faculties that operate outside ordinary senses
supersensible
vsextrasensory
  • Formal
9.9

You cannot see, hear, touch, smell or taste

is narrower, naming specific mental faculties perceived beyond known senses
suprasensual
vsextrasensory
9.9

You cannot feel, see, or hear it

is narrower, applying to particular perceived abilities beyond the senses
supersensual
vsextrasensory
  • Literature
9.9

Not able to be seen, heard, or touched and felt in a spiritual way

is used neutrally for specific perceived mental abilities outside normal senses

Antonyms

54 3.8

Relating to what you notice with sight, hearing, taste, touch, or smell

Compounds

A supposed ability to know things without using the normal senses

How Paranormal

paranormal
60 7.0
extrasensory
4 9.1
sensory
54 3.8

Surface Forms

extrasensory positive

Morphology

extrasensory = sensory (transparent) = extra + sense + ory

The adjective is formed by straightforward prefixation of 'extra-' ('beyond') to 'sensory', so the meaning 'beyond the senses' is directly derivable.

Etymology

Extrasensory comes from extra- meaning 'beyond' and sense meaning 'feeling' or 'a way of noticing things'. So extrasensory describes a power or awareness that seems to work 'beyond' the normal senses like sight and hearing.