telepathy

[ tuh-lep-uh-thee ]

noun

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

telepathy

/ tɪˈlɛpəθɪ; ˌtɛlɪˈpæθɪk /

noun

1. psychol the communication between people of thoughts, feelings, desires, etc, involving mechanisms that cannot be understood in terms of known scientific laws Also calledthought transference 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 .)

Derived Forms

• teˈlepathist, noun
• ˌteleˈpathically, adverb
• telepathic, adjective

Other Words From

• tel·e·path·ic [tel-, uh, -, path, -ik], adjective
• tele·pathi·cal·ly adverb
• nontel·e·pathic adjective
• nontel·e·pathi·cal·ly 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

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

From Los Angeles Times

In a separate Monday post on X, Musk said that the first Neuralink product is called “Telepathy” — which, he said, will enable users to control their phones or computers “just by thinking.”

From Seattle Times

Musk said the product, Telepathy, would allow a person to control a phone or computer “just by thinking” and initially be for “those who have lost the use of their limbs.”

From New York Times

Posting on X, the social media platform he owns which was formerly known as Twitter, Mr Musk said Neuralink's first product would be called Telepathy.

From BBC

Telepathy, he said, would enable "control of your phone or computer, and through them almost any device, just by thinking".

From BBC