Thought transference
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The supposed ability to transmit thoughts, images, or mental states directly from one mind to another without any known sensory channel. uncountable
"This time they got into print, all right. But the much-handled stories, written up with that blend of cautiously defensive frivolity which the press habitually employed to cover themselves in matters regarding sea-serpents, elementals, thought-transference, and other irregular phenomena, prevented anyone from realizing that these accomplished plants at all resembled the quiet, respectable weed beside our rubbish heap."
- 2 apparent communication from one mind to another without using sensory perceptions wordnet
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More examples"This time they got into print, all right. But the much-handled stories, written up with that blend of cautiously defensive frivolity which the press habitually employed to cover themselves in matters regarding sea-serpents, elementals, thought-transference, and other irregular phenomena, prevented anyone from realizing that these accomplished plants at all resembled the quiet, respectable weed beside our rubbish heap."