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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions [syn: telepathy, thought transference]

Merriam Webster's

noun Date: 1882 communication from one mind to another by extrasensory means • telepathic adjective • telepathically adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. the supposed communication of thoughts or ideas otherwise than by the known senses. Derivatives: telepathic adj. telepathically adv. telepathist n. telepathize v.tr. & intr. (also -ise).

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Telepathy Te*lep"a*thy, n. [Gr. ? far off + ?, ?, to suffer.] 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. -- Tel`e*path"ic, a. -- Te*lep"a*thist, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

If you refer to telepathy, you mean the direct communication of thoughts and feelings between people's minds, without the need to use speech, writing, or any other normal signals. Many of us find it very difficult to state our needs. We expect people to know by telepathy what we are feeling.

Moby Thesaurus

ESP, answer, commerce, communication, communion, congress, connection, contact, conversation, converse, correspondence, dealing, dealings, exchange, information, interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercommunion, intercourse, interplay, linguistic intercourse, message, mind reading, reply, response, social intercourse, speaking, speech, speech circuit, speech situation, talking, telepathic dream, telepathic hallucination, telepathic transmission, thought transference, touch, traffic, truck, two-way communication