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Definition of Extrasensory perception

1. Noun. Apparent power to perceive things that are not present to the senses.

Definition of Extrasensory perception

1. Noun. The supposed ability to obtain information without the use of normal sensory channels. ¹

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Medical Definition of Extrasensory perception

1. Perception by means other than through the ordinary senses; e.g., telepathy, clairvoyance, precognition. (05 Mar 2000)

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Literary usage of Extrasensory perception

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. At the Hour of Death by Karlis Osis, Erlendur Haraldsson (1997)
"In our culture, of course, little attention would be paid in hospitals to an extrasensory perception. However, one of our respondents was surprised about a ..."

2. The Never-ceasing Search by Francis Otto Schmitt (1990)
"He asked me point blank whether I belived in extrasensory perception. I answered that I had no direct personal experience with it. ..."

3. Are Military Adultery Standards Changing: Congressional Hearing edited by Sam Brownback (2000)
"... report having had psychic experiences such as extrasensory perception.29 Gallup reports the New Age Movement is "The fastest growing alternative belief ..."

4. Wisdom for the Soul: Five Millennia of Prescriptions for Spiritual Healing by Larry Chang (2006)
"... 1872-1963 ~ The Meaning of Culture, 1929 Intuition comes very close to clairvoyance; it appears to be the extrasensory perception of reality. ..."

5. The Alchemical Essence and the Chemical Element: An Episode in the Quest of ...by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir by Matthew Moncrieff Pattison Muir (1894)
"... Thought * Egyptology * Esoterism * Essenes * Etheric * extrasensory perception * Gnosis * Gnosticism * Golden Dawn * Great White Brotherhood * Hermetics ..."

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