telepathy

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In the case of a spirit message giving the contents of a sealed letter known only to the person who has died--telepathy, eh?

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  1. noun Communication through means other than the senses, as by the exercise of an occult power.

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  • This was because his telepathy was attuned to animals rather than to his own kind. —  Alien Plot by Piers Anthony
  • It was about two little kids with magic powers -- telepathy and telekinesis -- trying to get back to Witch Mountain. —  Site Feed
  • Known as synthetic telepathy, the technology is based on reading electrical activity in the brain using an electroencephalograph, or EEG. —  The Times of India
  • In the case of a spirit message giving the contents of a sealed letter known only to the person who has died--telepathy, eh? —  The Return of Peter Grimm Novelised From the Play
  • "By outside influences, I meant influences on the mind, such as telepathy or mind reading of some nature I see," Burris said. —  That Sweet Little Old Lady
 

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  1. from Greek τη̄λε, afar, + -παθεοα, from πάθος, suffering, feeling (cf. sympathy).
 

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/ˈtɛləpæθi/
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