If you refer to telepathy, you mean the direct communication of thoughts and feelings between people's minds, without the need to use speech, writing, or any other normal signals.
We sometimes expect people to know by telepathy what we are feeling.
Synonyms: mind-reading, ESP, sixth sense, clairvoyance More Synonyms of telepathy
telepathy in British English
(tɪˈlɛpəθɪ)
noun
psychology
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
telepathy in American English
(təˈlɛpəθi)
noun
Parapsychology
communication between minds by some means other than the normal sensory channels; transference of thought
Derived forms
telepath (ˈteleˌpath) (ˈtɛləˌpæθ)
noun
telepathic (ˌteleˈpathic)
adjective
telepathically (ˌteleˈpathically)
adverb
telepathist (teˈlepathist)
noun
Word origin
tele- + -pathy: coined (1882) by F. W. Myers (1843-1901), Eng writer
Examples of 'telepathy' in a sentence
telepathy
I have no talent for telepathy or anything like that and no particular beliefs.
Alan Judd THE DEVIL'S OWN WORK (2002)
future of the species," Jaffe replied.
Clive Barker THE GREAT AND SECRET SHOW (2002)
This was the nearest science had ever come to a really plausible explanation of telepathy.
Stewart, Michael GRACE (2002)
But by that telepathy that comes with desire (and fades with it) Julia had known that today was the day.
Clive Barker THE HELLBOUND HEART (2002)
In other languages
telepathy
British English: telepathy NOUN
If you refer to telepathy, you mean the direct communication of thoughts and feelings between people's minds, without the need to use speech, writing, or any other normal signals.
Many of us find it very difficult to state our needs. We expect people to know by telepathy what we are feeling.
American English: telepathy
Brazilian Portuguese: telepatia
Chinese: 心灵感应
European Spanish: telepatía
French: télépathie
German: Telepathie
Italian: telepatia
Japanese: テレパシー
Korean: 텔레파시
European Portuguese: telepatia
Latin American Spanish: telepatía
(noun)
Definition
the direct communication of thoughts and feelings between minds without the need to use normal means such as speech, writing, or touch
We expect people to know by telepathy what we are thinking.
Synonyms
mind-reading
ESP
sixth sense
He has a sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.
clairvoyance
extrasensory perception
psychometry
thought transference
Additional synonyms
in the sense of sixth sense
Definition
the supposed ability of knowing something instinctively without having any evidence for it
He has a sixth sense for finding people who have good ideas.