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Definition of Telepathy
1. Noun. Apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions.
Generic synonyms: Anomalous Communication, Psychic Communication, Psychical Communication
Derivative terms: Telepathic, Telepathist, Telepathist, Telepathize
Definition of Telepathy
1. n. 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.
Definition of Telepathy
1. Noun. (parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Telepathy
1. [n -THIES]
Medical Definition of Telepathy
1. The knowledge or communication by one person with the mental processes of another through channels other than known physical or perceptual processes. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Telepathy
Literary usage of Telepathy
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1891)
"telepathy. THE term telepathy must not be introduced without explanation. ...
And " telepathy " is already in use. It has been adopted by the Society for ..."
2. Psychical Investigations: Some Personally-observed Proofs of Survival by John Arthur Hill (1917)
"Such incidents, when their veridical (truth-telling) quality is not due to chance,
are certainly due to telepathy. So are many mediumistic communications. ..."
3. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"telepathy. By James H. Hyslop. telepathy has been such a solvent of difficulties
in psychic research when people were not willing to admit what they did not ..."
4. The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1907)
"telepathy. By James H. Hyslop. telepathy has been such a solvent of difficulties
in psychic research when people were not willing to admit what they did not ..."
5. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1895)
"EXPERIMENTAL telepathy. BY TE ALLEN. As children we are open-minded. ...
telepathy is that kind of action of one mind upon another which takes place without ..."
6. Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research by American Society for Psychical Research (1912)
"If we assume the possibility of this selective telepathy on the part of the dead
why may not it be the process in the living? Why may we not suppose that ..."