the communication between people of thoughts, feelings, desires, etc, involving mechanisms that cannot be understood in terms of known scientific laws
Also called: thought transference. Compare telegnosis, clairvoyance
Derived forms
telepathic (ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk)
adjective
telepathically (ˌteleˈpathically)
adverb
telepathist (teˈlepathist)
noun
Word origin
C19: from tele- + Greek patheia feeling, perception: see -pathy
thought transference in American English
noun
transference of thought by extrasensory means from the mind of one individual to another; telepathy
Word origin
[1880–85]This word is first recorded in the period 1880–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: interface, irredentist, jackpot, quotation mark, regionalism
Examples of 'thought transference' in a sentence
thought transference
I'm not buying any of that thought transference nonsense from either of you.