Telepathy

Quick meaning: Telepathy is a noun meaning (parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

Meaning

(parapsychology) The capability to communicate directly by psychic means; the sympathetic affection of one mind by the thoughts, feelings, or emotions of another at a distance, without communication through the ordinary channels of sensation.

Example Sentences

Gerwin Schalk and Anthony Ritaccio, at the Albany Medical Center, are working under a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. military to design and develop devices that enable soldiers to communicate telepathically. Although this seems like something out of a science fiction story, the Pentagon believes that these so-called telepathy helmets are sufficiently feasible that it is devoting more than $6 million to the project. The target date for completion of the prototype device is 2017.

Word Forms

• telepathies

Synonyms for telepathy

Depending on context, synonyms include mindreading, thoughtcasting, far-feeling.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include precognitive, secret, telempathy, telepath, telempath, mind-reading.

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