telepathy

[tuh-lep-uh-thee]

noun

1. communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.

telepathy

/ tɪˈlɛpəθɪ, ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk /

noun

1. Also called: thought transference. psychol the communication between people of thoughts, feelings, desires, etc, involving mechanisms that cannot be understood in terms of known scientific laws Compare telegnosis clairvoyance

telepathy

1. Knowledge conveyed from one individual to another without means of the five senses; mind reading. (See also extrasensory perception, parapsychology, and psychic research.)

Other Word Forms

• telepathist noun
• telepathically adverb
• telepathic adjective
• nontelepathic adjective
• nontelepathically adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of telepathy¹

First recorded in 1880–85; tele- ¹ + -pathy

Word History and Origins

Origin of telepathy¹

C19: from _tele- + Greek patheia feeling, perception: see _-pathy

Example Sentences

He once told her that he believed oppressed people had a type of “telepathy” that bonded them all together, she said.

From Los Angeles Times

Lee is fascinated by the plant, specifically the rumblings he’s heard that it can be used for telepathy.

From Salon

Lee chases sex, drugs and telepathy, but what he’s chasing isn’t sex itself, but the moments beforehand.

From Los Angeles Times

The actors bonded instantly and had “an almost telepathy by the end of the shoot,” Zetumer said.

From Los Angeles Times

Mork uses telepathy to summon characters’ memories, in the form of scenes from the sitcom’s first five years.

From New York Times