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te⋅lep⋅a⋅thy

[tuh-lep-uh-thee]
–noun
communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
Also called mental telepathy.


Origin:
1880–85; tele- 1 + -pathy


tel⋅e⋅path⋅ic [tel-uh-path-ik] , adjective
tel⋅e⋅path⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
te·lep·a·thy   (tə-lěp'ə-thē)   
n.  Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power.
tel'e·path'ic (těl'ə-pāth'ĭk) adj., tel'e·path'i·cal·ly adv., te·lep'a·thist n.

Telepathy

Te*lep"a*thy\, n. [Gr. ? far off + ?, ?, to suffer.] The sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation. -- Tel`e*path"ic, a. -- Te*lep"a*thist, n.
Language Translation for : telepathy
Spanish: telepatía,
German: die Telepathie,
Japanese: テレパシー

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.)


telepathy 
1882, coined (along with telæsthesia) by Eng. psychologist Frederic Myers (1843-1901), from tele- "far" + -pathy "feeling." Telepathic is first recorded 1884. The noun telepath is a 1907 back-formation.

Main Entry: te·lep·a·thy
Pronunciation: t&-'lep-&-thE
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -thies
: apparent communication from one mind to another by extrasensory means —tele·path·ic /"tel-&-'path-ik/ adjectivetele·path·i·cal·ly /-i-k(&-)lE/ adverb

telepathy te·lep·a·thy (tə-lěp'ə-thē)
n.
Communication by means other than through the normal senses.

telepathy

direct transference of thought from one person (sender or agent) to another (receiver or percipient) without using the usual sensory channels of communication, hence a form of extrasensory perception (ESP). While the existence of telepathy has not yet been proved, some parapsychological research studies have produced favourable results using such techniques as card guessing with a special deck of five sets of five cards. The agent may simply think of a random order of the five card symbols while the percipient tries to think of the order on which the agent is concentrating. In a general ESP test the sender concentrates on the face of one card at a time while the receiver tries to think of the symbol. Both subjects are, of course, separated by a screen or some greater obstacle or distance. Scores significantly above chance are extremely rare, particularly as testing methods have become more rigorous.

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