telepathy

noun

te·​lep·​a·​thy tə-ˈle-pə-thē 

: communication from one mind to another by extrasensory means

telepathic

ˌte-lə-ˈpa-thik 

adjective

telepathically

ˌte-lə-ˈpa-thi-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Examples of telepathy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The next year, Schmeisser marched into a large conference room at Army Research Office headquarters in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, to pitch a research project to investigate synthetic telepathy for soldiers. —Adam Piore, Discover Magazine, 1 Mar. 2012

These detector settings allow Alice and Bob to ask the particles different questions; an additional trick to throw off their apparent telepathy. —Daniel Garisto, Scientific American, 6 Oct. 2022

Sterling and Blair’s world — and the logic of their kitschy twin telepathy — is thrown into total chaos. —Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 14 Aug. 2020

Psychic powers, including telekinesis and telepathy. Dragon King (1981): Real name unknown. —cleveland, 29 May 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

telepathy

noun

te·​lep·​a·​thy tə-ˈlep-ə-thē 

: apparent communication from one mind to another without speech or signs

telepathic

ˌtel-ə-ˈpath-ik 

adjective

telepathically

-ˈpath-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb

Medical Definition

telepathy

noun

te·​lep·​a·​thy tə-ˈlep-ə-thē 

plural telepathies

: apparent communication from one mind to another by extrasensory means

telepathic

ˌtel-ə-ˈpath-ik 

adjective

telepathically

-i-k(ə-)lē 

adverb