noun
telepathy
teh-LEHP-uh-thee
noun
1
The supposed ability to know someone else's thoughts or feelings directly, without speech, writing, or any normal signal.
"The twins insisted they had a kind of telepathy that let them sense when the other was upset."
"Scientists have never found solid evidence that telepathy is real."
How to Use Telepathy
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishReading minds or sharing thoughts without talking — usually treated as science fiction rather than fact.
Common pairings
claim telepathy
a form of telepathy
Word Forms
telepathies plural
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Etymology
Built from tele- ("distant") and -pathy ("feeling"), literally "feeling at a distance."