mindread

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verb

To read someone's mind.

Scrabble 12

Meanings

verbmindread (third-person singular simple present mindreads, present participle mindreading, simple past and past participle mindread)

present singular third person mindreads · participle present mindreading

  1. To read someone's mind.

    In contrast, she mindreads with a negative bias--"clearly (sic) he thinks."

    1988 June 3, Rose Ann Chasman, “Unacceptable Level of Omissions”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2020
    2 more examples

    A similar point applies to the mindreading of fictional characters, as when one mindreads a character in a novel.

    2006, Alvin I. Goldman, Simulating Minds, →ISBN, page 103

    The PWS frequently mindreads other people as judging them because they stutter.

    2011, Bob Bodenhamer, I Have a Voice: How to stop stuttering, →ISBN

Origin

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APA

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MLA

“mindread.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindread. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mindread,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mindread.

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