extrasensory perceptionnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌek.strəˈsen.sər.i pəˈsep.ʃən/us/ˌek.strəˈsen.sɚ.i pɚˈsep.ʃən/abbreviation ESPthe ability to know things without using hearing, seeing, touch, taste, or smell
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Extrasensory perception & telepathy
- augury
- clairvoyant
- divination
- esp
- extrasensory
- palm
- palmistry
- parapsychology
- precognition
- prediction
- premonition
- prophecy
- psychic
- psychokinesis
- second sight
- sixth sense
- telepathy
Examples from literature
- It happens that extrasensory perception means as much to me as history does to you.