Meanings
plural telepathies
- uncountableusuallyparapsychologyThe capability to communicate directly by psychic means; 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.
1 more example
Gerwin Schalk and Anthony Ritaccio, at the Albany Medical Center, are working under a multimillion-dollar grant from the U.S. military to design and develop devices that enable soldiers to communicate telepathically. Although this seems like something out of a science fiction story, the Pentagon believes that these so-called telepathy helmets are sufficiently feasible that it is devoting more than $6 million to the project. The target date for completion of the prototype device is 2017.
2013, Al Gore, The Future: Six Drivers of Global Change, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 239Synonyms: mindreading, thoughtcasting, far-feeling
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe capability to communicate directly by psychic means; 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.
More synonyms by meaning
nounapparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic تَخَاطُر
- تَخَاطُر (taḵāṭur)communication by psychic means
Bulgarian телепа́тия
- телепа́тия (telepátija)communication by psychic means
Catalan telepatia
- telepatiacommunication by psychic means
Chinese Mandarin 心靈感應 /心灵感应, 心電感應 /心电感应
- 心靈感應 /心灵感应 (xīnlíng gǎnyìng)communication by psychic means
- 心電感應 /心电感应 (xīndiàn gǎnyìng)communication by psychic means
Czech telepatie
- telepatiecommunication by psychic means
Dutch telepathie
- telepathiecommunication by psychic means
Esperanto telepatio
- telepatiocommunication by psychic means
Estonian telepaatia
- telepaatiacommunication by psychic means
Finnish telepatia, ajatuksensiirto
- telepatiacommunication by psychic means
- ajatuksensiirtocommunication by psychic means
French télépathie
- télépathiecommunication by psychic means
German Telepathie, Gedankenlesen
- Telepathiecommunication by psychic means
- Gedankenlesencommunication by psychic means
- Gedankenübertragungcommunication by psychic means
Greek τηλεπάθεια
- τηλεπάθεια (tilepátheia)communication by psychic means
Hebrew טלפתיה
- טלפתיהcommunication by psychic means
Hindi परचित्तज्ञान, मनःपर्यय
- परचित्तज्ञान (parcittajñān)communication by psychic means
- मनःपर्यय (manaḥparyay)communication by psychic means
- दूरबोध (dūrbodh)communication by psychic means
- दूर-संवेदना (dūr-samvednā)communication by psychic means
Hungarian telepátia, gondolatátvitel
- telepátiacommunication by psychic means
- gondolatátvitelcommunication by psychic means
- gondolatolvasáscommunication by psychic means
Indonesian telepati
- telepaticommunication by psychic means
Italian telepatia
- telepatiacommunication by psychic means
Japanese テレパシー
- テレパシー (terepashī)communication by psychic means
Korean 텔레파시, 정신감응
- 텔레파시 (tellepasi)communication by psychic means
- 정신감응 (jeongsin'gameung)communication by psychic means
Latin telepathia
- telepathiacommunication by psychic means
Latvian telepātija
- telepātijacommunication by psychic means
Lithuanian telepatija
- telepatijacommunication by psychic means
Norwegian telepati, tankeoverføring
- telepaticommunication by psychic means
- tankeoverføringcommunication by psychic means
- tankelesningcommunication by psychic means
Persian دورآگاهی
- دورآگاهی (durâgâhi)communication by psychic means
Polish telepatia
- telepatiacommunication by psychic means
Portuguese telepatia
- telepatiacommunication by psychic means
Romanian telepatie
- telepatiecommunication by psychic means
Russian телепа́тия
- телепа́тия (telepátija)communication by psychic means
Slovak telepatia
- telepatiacommunication by psychic means
Spanish telepatía
- telepatíacommunication by psychic means
Swahili telepathia
- telepathiacommunication by psychic means
Swedish telepati
- telepaticommunication by psychic means
Tamil தொலைவிலுணர்தல்
- தொலைவிலுணர்தல் (tolaiviluṇartal)communication by psychic means
Thai กระแสจิต, การติดต่อกันทางจิต
- กระแสจิต (grà-săe jìt)communication by psychic means
- การติดต่อกันทางจิต (gaan dtìt dtòr gan taang jìt)communication by psychic means
- โทรจิต (toh-rá-jìt)communication by psychic means
Turkish telepati
- telepaticommunication by psychic means
Ukrainian телепа́тія
- телепа́тія (telepátija)communication by psychic means
Vietnamese thần giao cách cảm
- thần giao cách cảmcommunication by psychic means
Cite this entry
telepathy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telepathy
“telepathy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/telepathy. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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