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ˌextra-ˈsensory, a.
Also extrasensory.
[f. extra- + sensory a.]
Of perception: made by other means than those of the known sense-organs, e.g. by telepathy, clairvoyance, etc.; hence, received by such means; of or pertaining to the study of such perception. (extra-sensory perception is often abbreviated to E.S.P., ESP.)
1934J. B. Rhine Extra-Sensory Perception (1935) p. xxx, Let us merely say..‘perception by means that are outside of the recognized senses’, and indicate this meaning by ‘Extra-Sensory Perception’ or E.S.P. 1937A. Woollcott Let. 31 Oct. (1946) 157 It looks like an instance of clairvoyance which might be filed for reference with the extrasensory boys at Duke University. 1941J. S. Huxley Uniqueness of Man i. 30 Extra-sensory guessing. 1944J. F. Hendry in H. Treece Herbert Read 114 He ignores such phenomena as extra-sensory perception or telesthaesia. 1946A. Huxley Perennial Philos. ii. 36 When tests for ESP can be repeated under standardized conditions, the subject..achieves..a measure of scientific respectability. 1946J. S. Huxley Unesco ii. 37 Extra-sensory knowledge. 1947J. B. Rhine Reach of Mind (1948) iv. 53 Distance..has not shown any effect upon ESP performance. 1958Times Lit. Suppl. 6 June 317/1 Examples of telepathy, of clairvoyance, of precognition (all three grouped together under the heading of extra-sensory perception or ESP). 1968Times 4 Oct. 9/1 A double-blind guessing experiment..is interpreted by its authors to provide evidence for extra-sensory perception (E.S.P.). E.S.P., which covers such terms as telepathy and precognition, is the alleged faculty of perception by means which do not depend on the known sense organs. |