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telepathy
Meaning: ability to know another person's thoughts without speaking or writing
telepathy in a sentence
How telepathy is used in real sentences:
In the movie, twins seemed to share telepathy, finishing each other's sentences instantly.
Skeptical scientists ran experiments to test whether telepathy was real, but participants could not guess the hidden cards better than chance.
“Ivo joked that Mara must possess telepathy because she had guessed Sana's thoughts before any clear words arrived.”
— from the passage Signal in the Storm
Synonyms for telepathy
Other words for telepathy — mind-reading — carry the same meaning.
- mind-reading
Where it comes from
From Greek tele- 'far' plus pathos 'feeling'
Word parts
- tele — beyond, afar
telepathy: tele (far) + path (feeling) - path — feeling
telepathy: tele- (distant) + path (feeling)
Memory hook
TELE (far) + PATHY (feeling) — telepathy is feeling thoughts from far away, like a TELEphone of the mind.